Lint about comparing booleans to boolean literals

Author: oprypin

example/all.yaml

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ linter:
     - no_duplicate_case_values
     - no_leading_underscores_for_library_prefixes
     - no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers
+    - no_literal_bool_comparisons
     - no_logic_in_create_state
     - no_runtimeType_toString
     - non_constant_identifier_names

lib/src/rules.dart

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ import 'rules/no_default_cases.dart';
 import 'rules/no_duplicate_case_values.dart';
 import 'rules/no_leading_underscores_for_library_prefixes.dart';
 import 'rules/no_leading_underscores_for_local_identifiers.dart';
+import 'rules/no_literal_bool_comparisons.dart';
 import 'rules/no_logic_in_create_state.dart';
 import 'rules/no_runtimeType_toString.dart';
 import 'rules/non_constant_identifier_names.dart';
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ void registerLintRules({bool inTestMode = false}) {
     ..register(NoAdjacentStringsInList())
     ..register(NoDefaultCases())
     ..register(NoDuplicateCaseValues())
+    ..register(NoLiteralBoolComparisons())
     ..register(NonConstantIdentifierNames())
     ..register(NoLeadingUnderscoresForLibraryPrefixes())
     ..register(NoLeadingUnderscoresForLocalIdentifiers())

lib/src/rules/no_literal_bool_comparisons.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:analyzer/dart/analysis/features.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/ast.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/visitor.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/type.dart';
+import 'package:linter/src/analyzer.dart';
+
+const _desc = r"Don't compare booleans to boolean literals.";
+
+const _details = r'''
+From [Effective Dart](https://dart.dev/guides/language/effective-dart/usage#dont-use-true-or-false-in-equality-operations):
+
+**DON'T** use `true` or `false` in equality operations.
+
+**BAD:**
+```dart
+if (someBool == true) {
+}
+while (someBool == false) {
+}
+```
+
+**GOOD:**
+```dart
+if (someBool) {
+}
+while (!someBool) {
+}
+```
+''';
+
+class NoLiteralBoolComparisons extends LintRule {
+  NoLiteralBoolComparisons()
+      : super(
+          name: 'no_literal_bool_comparisons',
+          description: _desc,
+          details: _details,
+          group: Group.style,
+        );
+
+  @override
+  void registerNodeProcessors(
+      NodeLintRegistry registry, LinterContext context) {
+    if (!context.isEnabled(Feature.non_nullable)) return;
+
+    var visitor = _Visitor(this, context);
+    registry.addBinaryExpression(this, visitor);
+  }
+}
+
+class _Visitor extends SimpleAstVisitor<void> {
+  final LintRule rule;
+  final LinterContext context;
+
+  _Visitor(this.rule, this.context);
+
+  @override
+  void visitBinaryExpression(BinaryExpression node) {
+    var left = node.leftOperand;
+    var right = node.rightOperand;
+    if (right is BooleanLiteral && isBool(left.staticType)) {
+      rule.reportLint(right);
+    } else if (left is BooleanLiteral && isBool(right.staticType)) {
+      rule.reportLint(left);
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool isBool(DartType? type) =>
+      type != null &&
+      type.isDartCoreBool &&
+      context.typeSystem.isNonNullable(type);
+}

test_data/rules/no_literal_bool_comparisons.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+class TestClass {
+  bool x = false;
+}
+
+void foo() {
+  var x = false;
+  if (x == true) // LINT
+  {
+    print('oh');
+  }
+  var f = true;
+  while (true == f) { // LINT
+    print('oh');
+    f = false;
+  }
+
+  var c = TestClass();
+  if (c.x == true) { // LINT
+    print('oh');
+  }
+}
+
+void bar(bool x, bool? y) {
+  print(x == true); // LINT
+  print(y == true); // OK
+}