Change to return undefined

lib/index.js

@@ -1,50 +1,29 @@
 /**
  * @typedef {import('mdast').Nodes} Nodes
- * @typedef {import('mdast').Paragraph} Paragraph
  */
 
 import {visit} from 'unist-util-visit'
 
 /**
  * Remove empty paragraphs in `tree`.
  *
- * @template {Nodes} Tree
- *   Node type.
- * @param {Tree} tree
+ * @param {Nodes} tree
  *   Tree to change.
- * @returns {Tree extends Paragraph ? Tree | null : Tree}
- *   Changed `tree`, or `null` if it was an empty paragraph.
+ * @returns {undefined}
+ *   Nothing.
  */
 export function squeezeParagraphs(tree) {
-  if (emptyParagraph(tree)) {
-    // @ts-expect-error: it’s an empty paragraph.
-    return null
-  }
-
   visit(tree, function (node, index, parent) {
-    if (index !== undefined && parent && emptyParagraph(node)) {
+    if (
+      index !== undefined &&
+      parent &&
+      node.type === 'paragraph' &&
+      node.children.every(function (child) {
+        return child.type === 'text' && /^\s*$/.test(child.value)
+      })
+    ) {
       parent.children.splice(index, 1)
       return index
     }
   })
-
-  // @ts-expect-error: it’s not an empty paragraph.
-  return tree
-}
-
-/**
- * Check if a node is an empty paragraph.
- *
- * @param {Nodes} node
- *   Node to check.
- * @returns {boolean}
- *   Whether `node` was an empty paragraph.
- */
-function emptyParagraph(node) {
-  return (
-    node.type === 'paragraph' &&
-    node.children.every(function (child) {
-      return child.type === 'text' && /^\s*$/.test(child.value)
-    })
-  )
 }

package.json

@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
     "prettier": "^2.0.0",
     "remark-cli": "^11.0.0",
     "remark-preset-wooorm": "^9.0.0",
-    "tape": "^5.0.0",
-    "tsd": "^0.28.0",
     "type-coverage": "^2.0.0",
     "typescript": "^5.0.0",
     "unist-builder": "^4.0.0",
@@ -84,17 +82,6 @@
     "strict": true
   },
   "xo": {
-    "overrides": [
-      {
-        "files": [
-          "**/*.ts"
-        ],
-        "rules": {
-          "@typescript-eslint/ban-types": "off",
-          "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": "off"
-        }
-      }
-    ],
     "prettier": true
   }
 }

readme.md

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Remove empty paragraphs in `tree`.
 
 ###### Returns
 
-Changed `tree` ([`Node`][node]), or `null` if it was an empty paragraph.
+Nothing (`undefined`).
 
 ## Types
 

test.js

@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ test('squeezeParagraphs', async function (t) {
       ])
     ])
 
+    squeezeParagraphs(tree)
+
     assert.deepEqual(
-      squeezeParagraphs(tree),
+      tree,
       u('root', [
         u('paragraph', [u('text', 'first')]),
         u('paragraph', [
@@ -37,9 +39,14 @@ test('squeezeParagraphs', async function (t) {
     )
   })
 
-  await t.test('should return `null` for empty paragraphs', async function () {
-    const tree = u('paragraph', [])
+  await t.test(
+    'should do nothing with a (empty or not) paragraph',
+    async function () {
+      const tree = u('paragraph', [])
 
-    assert.deepEqual(squeezeParagraphs(tree), null)
-  })
+      squeezeParagraphs(tree)
+
+      assert.deepEqual(tree, u('paragraph', []))
+    }
+  )
 })