Why is JSHint throwing a "possible strict violation" on this line [duplicate]

Question

Trying to validate some Javascript in JsHint, and I get the following:

Possible strict violation:

return ($.event.dispatch || $.event.handle).apply(this, args);

Any ideas why it's throwing that error?

Thanks guys

Answer 1

JSHint isn't sure whether the function that code is in will be called with an actual this.

To tell JSHint how the function will be called and suppress this warning, add /*jshint validthis: true */ to the top of the function.