New Rule Request: Enforce strings in front of logged variables (string-with-logs)

Please describe what the rule should do: The rule would force us to provide a string in front of a logged variable.

What category of rule is this? (place an “X” next to just one item)

[ ] Enforces code style [ ] Warns about a potential error [ ] Suggests an alternate way of doing something [x] Other (suggests good practice)

Provide 2-3 code examples that this rule will warn about:

//breaks rule
console.log(aVariable)

//consistent with rule
console.log("a variable", aVariable)

Why should this rule be included in ESLint (instead of a plugin)? This rule is not library specific and it is relevant for all javascript development. Logs are only useful when we know what’s being logged and where it’s coming from. Languages like Elm enforce this behavior out-of-the-box as their console.log equivalent requires a string as the first argument.

[kaicataldo]

@cotterjd ESLint allows for custom rules through plugins - you don’t have to maintain a fork for this if you don’t want to!

[eslint-deprecated[bot]]

Unfortunately, it looks like there wasn’t enough interest from the team or community to implement this change. While we wish we’d be able to accommodate everyone’s requests, we do need to prioritize. We’ve found that issues failing to reach accepted status after 21 days tend to never be accepted, and as such, we close those issues. This doesn’t mean the idea isn’t interesting or useful, just that it’s not something the team can commit to.

Thanks for contributing to ESLint and we appreciate your understanding.