new-cap rules flag missing 'new' for 'class User extends Record(DEFAULTS)'

Question

I am using airbnb style check. One of the enabled rules is new-cap. It will flag missing new in case such as

import { Record } from 'typed-immutable';
const user = User();

The error message is 'A function with a name starting with an uppercase letter should only be used as a constructor'

It should be

const user = new User();

However eslint for some reason flags expressions like this:

class User extends Record(DEFAULTS)'

It is a false positive.

However can I avoid getting new-cap error for class declaration?

I am using eslint 3.9.1 and eslint-config-airbnb 12.0.0

Answer 1

I add this exception to the .eslintrc file

 "rules": {
    "new-cap": [
      "error", {
        "capIsNewExceptionPattern": "^(Immutable.)?Record$"
      }
    ],
    ...