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-{
-//    // JSHint Default Configuration File (as on JSHint website)
-//    // See http://jshint.com/docs/ for more details
-//
-//    "maxerr"        : 50,       // {int} Maximum error before stopping
-//
-//    // Enforcing
-//    "bitwise"       : true,     // true: Prohibit bitwise operators (&, |, ^, etc.)
-//    "camelcase"     : false,    // true: Identifiers must be in camelCase
-    "curly"         : true,     // true: Require {} for every new block or scope
-    "eqeqeq"        : true,     // true: Require triple equals (===) for comparison
-    "forin"         : true,     // true: Require filtering for..in loops with Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, )
-    "freeze"        : true,     // true: prohibits overwriting prototypes of native objects such as Array, Date etc.
-    "immed"         : true,    // true: Require immediate invocations to be wrapped in parens e.g. `(function () { } ());`
-//    "indent"        : 4,        // {int} Number of spaces to use for indentation
-//    "latedef"       : false,    // true: Require variables/functions to be defined before being used
-    "newcap"        : true,    // true: Require capitalization of all constructor functions e.g. `new F()`
-    "noarg"         : true,     // true: Prohibit use of `arguments.caller` and `arguments.callee`
-//    "noempty"       : true,     // true: Prohibit use of empty blocks
-    "nonbsp"        : true,     // true: Prohibit "non-breaking whitespace" characters.
-    "nonew"         : true,    // true: Prohibit use of constructors for side-effects (without assignment)
-//    "plusplus"      : false,    // true: Prohibit use of `++` & `--`
-//    "quotmark"      : false,    // Quotation mark consistency:
-//    //   false    : do nothing (default)
-//    //   true     : ensure whatever is used is consistent
-//    //   "single" : require single quotes
-//    //   "double" : require double quotes
-    "undef"         : true,     // true: Require all non-global variables to be declared (prevents global leaks)
-    "unused"        : true,     // true: Require all defined variables be used
-//    "strict"        : true,     // true: Requires all functions run in ES5 Strict Mode
-//    "maxparams"     : false,    // {int} Max number of formal params allowed per function
-//    "maxdepth"      : false,    // {int} Max depth of nested blocks (within functions)
-//    "maxstatements" : false,    // {int} Max number statements per function
-    "maxcomplexity" : 6,    // {int} Max cyclomatic complexity per function
-    "maxlen"        : 120,    // {int} Max number of characters per line
-//
-//    // Relaxing
-//    "asi"           : false,     // true: Tolerate Automatic Semicolon Insertion (no semicolons)
-//    "boss"          : false,     // true: Tolerate assignments where comparisons would be expected
-    "debug"         : false,     // true: Allow debugger statements e.g. browser breakpoints.
-//    "eqnull"        : false,     // true: Tolerate use of `== null`
-//    "es5"           : false,     // true: Allow ES5 syntax (ex: getters and setters)
-    "esnext"        : true,     // true: Allow ES.next (ES6) syntax (ex: `const`)
-//    "moz"           : false,     // true: Allow Mozilla specific syntax (extends and overrides esnext features)
-//    // (ex: `for each`, multiple try/catch, function expression…)
-//    "evil"          : false,     // true: Tolerate use of `eval` and `new Function()`
-//    "expr"          : false,     // true: Tolerate `ExpressionStatement` as Programs
-//    "funcscope"     : false,     // true: Tolerate defining variables inside control statements
-//    "globalstrict"  : false,     // true: Allow global "use strict" (also enables 'strict')
-//    "iterator"      : false,     // true: Tolerate using the `__iterator__` property
-//    "lastsemic"     : false,     // true: Tolerate omitting a semicolon for the last statement of a 1-line block
-//    "laxbreak"      : false,     // true: Tolerate possibly unsafe line breakings
-//    "laxcomma"      : false,     // true: Tolerate comma-first style coding
-//    "loopfunc"      : false,     // true: Tolerate functions being defined in loops
-//    "multistr"      : false,     // true: Tolerate multi-line strings
-//    "noyield"       : false,     // true: Tolerate generator functions with no yield statement in them.
-//    "notypeof"      : false,     // true: Tolerate invalid typeof operator values
-//    "proto"         : false,     // true: Tolerate using the `__proto__` property
-//    "scripturl"     : false,     // true: Tolerate script-targeted URLs
-//    "shadow"        : false,     // true: Allows re-define variables later in code e.g. `var x=1; x=2;`
-//    "sub"           : false,     // true: Tolerate using `[]` notation when it can still be expressed in dot notation
-//    "supernew"      : false,     // true: Tolerate `new function () { ... };` and `new Object;`
-//    "validthis"     : false,     // true: Tolerate using this in a non-constructor function
-//
-//    // Environments
-//    "browser"       : true,     // Web Browser (window, document, etc)
-//    "browserify"    : false,    // Browserify (node.js code in the browser)
-//    "couch"         : false,    // CouchDB
-//    "devel"         : true,     // Development/debugging (alert, confirm, etc)
-//    "dojo"          : false,    // Dojo Toolkit
-//    "jasmine"       : false,    // Jasmine
-//    "jquery"        : false,    // jQuery
-//    "mocha"         : true,     // Mocha
-//    "mootools"      : false,    // MooTools
-    "node"          : true,    // Node.js
-//    "nonstandard"   : false,    // Widely adopted globals (escape, unescape, etc)
-//    "prototypejs"   : false,    // Prototype and Scriptaculous
-//    "qunit"         : false,    // QUnit
-//    "rhino"         : false,    // Rhino
-//    "shelljs"       : false,    // ShellJS
-//    "worker"        : false,    // Web Workers
-//    "wsh"           : false,    // Windows Scripting Host
-//    "yui"           : false,    // Yahoo User Interface
-
-    // Custom predefined global variables
-    "predef": [
-        "-console", // disallows console, use debug
-        "beforeEach",
-        "afterEach",
-        "before",
-        "after",
-        "describe",
-        "it"
-    ]
-}