From 0c28cc8aceb5137b67055c3c7b243bbb416eb758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frazer Smith <frazer.dev@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 09:22:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(index): return `undefined` on error instead of `null`

---
 index.js           | 2 +-
 test/index.test.js | 4 ++--
 types/index.d.ts   | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ebe9ba1..3938c00 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ function safeParse (text, reviver) {
   try {
     return _parse(text, reviver, { safe: true })
   } catch (_e) {
-    return null
+    return undefined
   } finally {
     Error.stackTraceLimit = stackTraceLimit
   }
diff --git a/test/index.test.js b/test/index.test.js
index 4ff4a41..7c8b809 100644
--- a/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/index.test.js
@@ -432,10 +432,10 @@ test('safeParse', t => {
     t.end()
   })
 
-  t.test('returns null on invalid object string', t => {
+  t.test('returns undefined on invalid object string', t => {
     t.strictEqual(
       j.safeParse('{"a": 5, "b": 6'),
-      null
+      undefined
     )
     t.end()
   })
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 5d22d4b..fe38cc3 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ declare namespace parse {
    *
    * @param text The JSON text string.
    * @param reviver The `JSON.parse()` optional `reviver` argument.
-   * @returns The parsed object, or `null` if there was an error or if the JSON contained possibly insecure properties.
+   * @returns The parsed object, or `undefined` if there was an error or if the JSON contained possibly insecure properties.
    */
   export function safeParse (text: string | Buffer, reviver?: Reviver | null): any