google / google/closure-compiler
--warning_level=VERBOSE overlays --jscomp_error=globalThis behavior
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Description
Consider the following source:
``` js
this.someVar = 3;
```
If I pass only flag `--jscomp_error=globalThis`, I get an error, as expected:
```
$ java -jar ~/Downloads/compiler.jar --jscomp_error=globalThis /tmp/globalThis_reproducer.js
/tmp/globalThis_reproducer.js:1: ERROR - dangerous use of the global this object
this.someVar = 3;
^
```
But if I additionally pass `--warning_level=VERBOSE` flag, I get only a warning:
```
$ java -jar ~/Downloads/compiler.jar --jscomp_error=globalThis --warning_level=VERBOSE /tmp/globalThis_reproducer.js
/tmp/globalThis_reproducer.js:1: WARNING - dangerous use of the global this object
this.someVar = 3;
^
```
[This doc](https://code.google.com/p/closure-compiler/wiki/Warnings) says that using the flags like --jscomp_error should give more fine-grained support over --warning-level flag, so I assume that current behavior is wrong.
I used this version:
```
$ java -jar ~/Downloads/compiler.jar --version
Closure Compiler (http://github.com/google/closure-compiler)
Version: v20140730
Built on: 2014/07/31 17:08
```
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