option to exclude functions from no-unused-vars

I want to keep the no-unused-vars rule as an error, but in an ES2015 module, functions that are not called are considered “unused variables” and trigger the error. I would like to be able to treat functions distinctly (and it would even make most intuitive sense to me for unused rules for variables and named functions to be separate, but I’m aware that’s a gray area).

[nzakas]

@chrylis your best option is to disable the rule until you want the warning. Put /*eslint-disable no-unused-vars*/ at the top of your file until you want the warnings again.

[nzakas]

@jmlopez-rod if it’s really per-function, then you need to manually disable it using inline comments. If you just want arguments to not count, then you can configure that: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-unused-vars.html#options

@chrylis I’m sorry, there’s just no good way to distinguish between variables that are functions and variables that are not (given the multiple ways that functions can be defined). I’m afraid introducing such an option would lead to more confusion that it would solve. For now, you can manually disable the rule when you want.