tools: remove exception for Node.js 8 and earlier

Trott · danielleadams · commit be8d934679f2 · 2021-06-01T08:18:48.000-04:00
Remove exception in .eslintrc.js to accommodate versions of Node.js prior to 10.x. 10.x and later all support omitting catch block arguments. PR-URL: #38840 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <targos@protonmail.com> Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <raisinten@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -25,10 +25,7 @@ Module._findPath = (request, paths, isMain) => {
   if (!r && hacks.includes(request)) {
     try {
       return require.resolve(`./tools/node_modules/${request}`);
-    // Keep the variable in place to ensure that ESLint started by older Node.js
-    // versions work as expected.
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch {
       return require.resolve(
         `./tools/node_modules/eslint/node_modules/${request}`);
     }
