Add internal rule prefer-fixer-remove-range

rules/fix/remove-argument.js

@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ export default function removeArgument(fixer, node, sourceCode) {
 	}
 	/* c8 ignore end */
 
-	return fixer.replaceTextRange([start, end], '');
+	return fixer.removeRange([start, end]);
 }

rules/prefer-array-some.js

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const create = context => {
 						}
 
 						const parenthesizedRange = getParenthesizedRange(callExpression, context.sourceCode);
-						yield fixer.replaceTextRange([parenthesizedRange[1], callExpression.parent.range[1]], '');
+						yield fixer.removeRange([parenthesizedRange[1], callExpression.parent.range[1]]);
 
 						if (callExpression.parent.operator === '!=' || callExpression.parent.operator === '!==') {
 							return;

rules/prefer-object-from-entries.js

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function fixReduceAssignOrSpread({sourceCode, callExpression, property}) {
 		const startToken = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(firstToken);
 		const [start] = startToken.range;
 		const [, end] = lastToken.range;
-		return fixer.replaceTextRange([start, end], '');
+		return fixer.removeRange([start, end]);
 	};
 
 	function * removeFirstParameter(fixer) {

rules/prefer-spread.js

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function fixConcat(node, sourceCode, fixableArguments) {
 		const [leadingSpaces] = textAfter.match(/^\s*/);
 		end += leadingSpaces.length;
 
-		return fixer.replaceTextRange([start, end], '');
+		return fixer.removeRange([start, end]);
 	}
 
 	return function * (fixer) {

rules/prefer-switch.js

@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ function fix({discriminant, ifStatements}, sourceCode, options) {
 			if (alternate) {
 				const [, start] = consequent.range;
 				const [end] = alternate.range;
-				yield fixer.replaceTextRange([start, end], '');
+				yield fixer.removeRange([start, end]);
 			}
 
-			yield fixer.replaceTextRange(headRange, '');
+			yield fixer.removeRange(headRange);
 			for (const {left, right} of compareExpressions) {
 				const node = isSame(left, discriminant) ? right : left;
 				const text = sourceCode.getText(node);

scripts/internal-rules/index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import packageJson from './package.json' with {type: 'json'};
 import fixSnapshotTest from './fix-snapshot-test.js';
 import noTestOnly from './no-test-only.js';
 import preferNegativeBooleanAttribute from './prefer-negative-boolean-attribute.js';
+import preferFixerRemoveRange from './prefer-fixer-remove-range.js';
 
 const pluginName = 'internal';
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const rules = [
 	{id: 'fix-snapshot-test', directories: TEST_DIRECTORIES, rule: fixSnapshotTest},
 	{id: 'prefer-negative-boolean-attribute', directories: RULES_DIRECTORIES, rule: preferNegativeBooleanAttribute},
 	{id: 'no-test-only', directories: TEST_DIRECTORIES, rule: noTestOnly},
+	{id: 'prefer-fixer-remove-range', directories: RULES_DIRECTORIES, rule: preferFixerRemoveRange},
 ];
 
 const isFileInsideDirectory = (filename, directory) => filename.startsWith(directory);

scripts/internal-rules/prefer-fixer-remove-range.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {isMethodCall, isLiteral} from '../../rules/ast/index.js';
+import {removeArgument} from '../../rules/fix/index.js';
+
+const messageId = path.basename(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '.js');
+
+const config = {
+	create(context) {
+		return {
+			CallExpression(callExpression) {
+				const [, emptyString] = callExpression.arguments;
+
+				if (!(
+					isMethodCall(callExpression, {
+						object: 'fixer',
+						method: 'replaceTextRange',
+						argumentsLength: 2,
+						optionalCall: false,
+						optionalMember: false,
+					})
+					&& isLiteral(emptyString, '')
+				)) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				const {property} = callExpression.callee;
+				context.report({
+					node: property,
+					messageId,
+					* fix(fixer) {
+						yield removeArgument(fixer, emptyString, context.sourceCode);
+						yield fixer.replaceText(property, 'removeRange');
+					},
+				});
+			},
+		};
+	},
+	meta: {
+		fixable: 'code',
+		messages: {
+			[messageId]: 'Prefer `fixer.removeRange(…)` over `fixer.replaceTextRange(…, \'\')`.',
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+export default config;