no-this-alias

Disallow aliasing the receiver into a binding

Binding this introduces a second name for the current receiver even though lexical lambdas retain that receiver directly.
Instead, you SHOULD use this directly or replace a receiver-capturing function with a lexical lambda.

- Category: style
- Level: warning
- Fix: none
- Scope: module

Reported

class Service {
    run(): void {
        const self = this;
        self.flush();
    }

    flush(): void {}
}
Accepted

class Service {
    run(): void {
        this.flush();
    }

    flush(): void {}
}
Prior art

- typescript-eslint · no-this-alias

language/linter/src/rules/style/nothisalias.rs:6