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error 'use strict' is unnecessary inside of modules

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I am writing Node.js code and am getting error 'use strict' is unnecessary inside of modules because i use 'use strict'; at the top of all my files. However, if I remove the 'use strict';, then it tells me that I cannot use let or const because they are only available in strict mode. Can you tell me how to solve this?

I am using https://github.com/mastertinner/eslint-config-mastertinner-nodejs for the configuration and eslint 2.1.0.

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Created 8 years ago
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nrecommented, Feb 16, 2016

@mastertinner, sourceType: "module" is only for ES6 modules (export, etc). Your modules are Node.js modules (module.exports, etc). You should keep the strict-mode directives in your modules, and remove sourceType: "module" from your config.

(I made a similar mistake in #4832).

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cloudlenacommented, Feb 16, 2016

Thanks so much, @nre! That solved it.

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