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Rule request: `AvoidNewObjectCmdlet`

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked PowerShell documentation on object creation and the related “Avoid New-Object Hashtable” issue. Compare the proposed rule with existing PSScriptAnalyzer rule patterns and determine how the ComObject exception should be handled. Done means the rule’s scope and exceptions are agreed and covered by implementation tests.

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Description

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The New-Object cmdlet is basically* legacy.
Since PowerShell V3.0 (12 years ago), PowerShell supports type accelerators which perform much better, see: PowerShell scripting performance considerations / object creation.

*) Exceptions left there (e.g. with the use of the [-ComObject] <String> parameter)

Therefore I think that it makes sense to have a AvoidNewObjectCmdlet rule.

related: Avoid New-Object Hashtable #60

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