Lint

Lint/AmbiguousBlockAssociation

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.48

-

This cop checks for ambiguous block association with method when param passed without parentheses.

Examples

# bad
some_method a { |val| puts val }
# good
# With parentheses, there's no ambiguity.
some_method(a) { |val| puts val }

# good
# Operator methods require no disambiguation
foo == bar { |b| b.baz }

# good
# Lambda arguments require no disambiguation
foo = ->(bar) { bar.baz }

Lint/AmbiguousOperator

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.17

0.83

This cop checks for ambiguous operators in the first argument of a method invocation without parentheses.

Examples

# bad

# The `*` is interpreted as a splat operator but it could possibly be
# a `*` method invocation (i.e. `do_something.*(some_array)`).
do_something *some_array
# good

# With parentheses, there's no ambiguity.
do_something(*some_array)

Lint/AmbiguousRegexpLiteral

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.17

0.83

This cop checks for ambiguous regexp literals in the first argument of a method invocation without parentheses.

Examples

# bad

# This is interpreted as a method invocation with a regexp literal,
# but it could possibly be `/` method invocations.
# (i.e. `do_something./(pattern)./(i)`)
do_something /pattern/i
# good

# With parentheses, there's no ambiguity.
do_something(/pattern/i)

Lint/AssignmentInCondition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

-

This cop checks for assignments in the conditions of if/while/until.

AllowSafeAssignment option for safe assignment. By safe assignment we mean putting parentheses around an assignment to indicate "I know I’m using an assignment as a condition. It’s not a mistake."

Examples

# bad
if some_var = true
  do_something
end

# good
if some_var == true
  do_something
end

AllowSafeAssignment: true (default)

# good
if (some_var = true)
  do_something
end

AllowSafeAssignment: false

# bad
if (some_var = true)
  do_something
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowSafeAssignment

true

Boolean

Lint/BigDecimalNew

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.53

-

BigDecimal.new() is deprecated since BigDecimal 1.3.3. This cop identifies places where BigDecimal.new() can be replaced by BigDecimal().

Examples

# bad
BigDecimal.new(123.456, 3)

# good
BigDecimal(123.456, 3)

Lint/BinaryOperatorWithIdenticalOperands

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

No

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for places where binary operator has identical operands.

It covers arithmetic operators: +, -, , /, %, *; comparison operators: ==, ===, =~, >, >=, <, ; bitwise operators: |, ^, &, <<, >>; boolean operators: &&, || and "spaceship" operator - <⇒.

This cop is marked as unsafe as it does not consider side effects when calling methods and thus can generate false positives: if wr.take_char == '\0' && wr.take_char == '\0'

Examples

# bad
x.top >= x.top

if a.x != 0 && a.x != 0
  do_something
end

def childs?
  left_child || left_child
end

Lint/BooleanSymbol

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.50

0.83

This cop checks for :true and :false symbols. In most cases it would be a typo.

Examples

# bad
:true

# good
true
# bad
:false

# good
false

Lint/CircularArgumentReference

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.33

-

This cop checks for circular argument references in optional keyword arguments and optional ordinal arguments.

This cop mirrors a warning produced by MRI since 2.2.

Examples

# bad

def bake(pie: pie)
  pie.heat_up
end
# good

def bake(pie:)
  pie.refrigerate
end
# good

def bake(pie: self.pie)
  pie.feed_to(user)
end
# bad

def cook(dry_ingredients = dry_ingredients)
  dry_ingredients.reduce(&:+)
end
# good

def cook(dry_ingredients = self.dry_ingredients)
  dry_ingredients.combine
end

Lint/ConstantResolution

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Disabled

Yes

No

0.86

-

Check that certain constants are fully qualified.

This is not enabled by default because it would mark a lot of offenses unnecessarily.

Generally, gems should fully qualify all constants to avoid conflicts with the code that uses the gem. Enable this cop without using Only/Ignore

Large projects will over time end up with one or two constant names that are problematic because of a conflict with a library or just internally using the same name a namespace and a class. To avoid too many unnecessary offenses, Enable this cop with Only: [The, Constant, Names, Causing, Issues]

Examples

# By default checks every constant

# bad
User

# bad
User::Login

# good
::User

# good
::User::Login

Only: ['Login']

# Restrict this cop to only being concerned about certain constants

# bad
Login

# good
::Login

# good
User::Login

Ignore: ['Login']

# Restrict this cop not being concerned about certain constants

# bad
User

# good
::User::Login

# good
Login

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

Only

[]

Array

Ignore

[]

Array

Lint/Debugger

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.14

0.49

This cop checks for calls to debugger or pry.

Examples

# bad (ok during development)

# using pry
def some_method
  binding.pry
  do_something
end
# bad (ok during development)

# using byebug
def some_method
  byebug
  do_something
end
# good

def some_method
  do_something
end

Lint/DeprecatedClassMethods

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.19

-

This cop checks for uses of the deprecated class method usages.

Examples

# bad

File.exists?(some_path)
Dir.exists?(some_path)
iterator?
# good

File.exist?(some_path)
Dir.exist?(some_path)
block_given?

Lint/DeprecatedOpenSSLConstant

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

Yes

0.84

-

Algorithmic constants for OpenSSL::Cipher and OpenSSL::Digest deprecated since OpenSSL version 2.2.0. Prefer passing a string instead.

Examples

# Example for OpenSSL::Cipher instantiation.

# bad
OpenSSL::Cipher::AES.new(128, :GCM)

# good
OpenSSL::Cipher.new('aes-128-gcm')
# Example for OpenSSL::Digest instantiation.

# bad
OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new

# good
OpenSSL::Digest.new('SHA256')
# Example for ::Digest inherited class methods.

# bad
OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.digest('foo')

# good
OpenSSL::Digest.digest('SHA256', 'foo')

Lint/DisjunctiveAssignmentInConstructor

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.62

0.88

This cop checks constructors for disjunctive assignments that should be plain assignments.

So far, this cop is only concerned with disjunctive assignment of instance variables.

In ruby, an instance variable is nil until a value is assigned, so the disjunction is unnecessary. A plain assignment has the same effect.

Examples

# bad
def initialize
  @x ||= 1
end

# good
def initialize
  @x = 1
end

Lint/DuplicateCaseCondition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.45

-

This cop checks that there are no repeated conditions used in case 'when' expressions.

Examples

# bad

case x
when 'first'
  do_something
when 'first'
  do_something_else
end
# good

case x
when 'first'
  do_something
when 'second'
  do_something_else
end

Lint/DuplicateElsifCondition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.88

-

This cop checks that there are no repeated conditions used in if 'elsif'.

Examples

# bad
if x == 1
  do_something
elsif x == 1
  do_something_else
end

# good
if x == 1
  do_something
elsif x == 2
  do_something_else
end

Lint/DuplicateHashKey

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.34

0.77

This cop checks for duplicated keys in hash literals.

This cop mirrors a warning in Ruby 2.2.

Examples

# bad

hash = { food: 'apple', food: 'orange' }
# good

hash = { food: 'apple', other_food: 'orange' }

Lint/DuplicateMethods

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.29

-

This cop checks for duplicated instance (or singleton) method definitions.

Examples

# bad

def foo
  1
end

def foo
  2
end
# bad

def foo
  1
end

alias foo bar
# good

def foo
  1
end

def bar
  2
end
# good

def foo
  1
end

alias bar foo

Lint/DuplicateRescueException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks that there are no repeated exceptions used in 'rescue' expressions.

Examples

# bad
begin
  something
rescue FirstException
  handle_exception
rescue FirstException
  handle_other_exception
end

# good
begin
  something
rescue FirstException
  handle_exception
rescue SecondException
  handle_other_exception
end

Lint/EachWithObjectArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.31

-

This cop checks if each_with_object is called with an immutable argument. Since the argument is the object that the given block shall make calls on to build something based on the enumerable that each_with_object iterates over, an immutable argument makes no sense. It’s definitely a bug.

Examples

# bad

sum = numbers.each_with_object(0) { |e, a| a += e }
# good

num = 0
sum = numbers.each_with_object(num) { |e, a| a += e }

Lint/ElseLayout

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.17

-

This cop checks for odd else block layout - like having an expression on the same line as the else keyword, which is usually a mistake.

Examples

# bad

if something
  # ...
else do_this
  do_that
end
# good

if something
  # ...
else
  do_this
  do_that
end

Lint/EmptyConditionalBody

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for the presence of if, elsif and unless branches without a body.

Examples

# bad
if condition
end

# bad
unless condition
end

# bad
if condition
  do_something
elsif other_condition
end

# good
if condition
  do_something
end

# good
unless condition
  do_something
end

# good
if condition
  do_something
elsif other_condition
  do_something_else
end

AllowComments: true (default)

# good
if condition
  do_something
elsif other_condition
  # noop
end

AllowComments: false

# bad
if condition
  do_something
elsif other_condition
  # noop
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowComments

true

Boolean

Lint/EmptyEnsure

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.10

0.48

This cop checks for empty ensure blocks

Examples

# bad

def some_method
  do_something
ensure
end
# bad

begin
  do_something
ensure
end
# good

def some_method
  do_something
ensure
  do_something_else
end
# good

begin
  do_something
ensure
  do_something_else
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AutoCorrect

false

Boolean

Lint/EmptyExpression

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.45

-

This cop checks for the presence of empty expressions.

Examples

# bad

foo = ()
if ()
  bar
end
# good

foo = (some_expression)
if (some_expression)
  bar
end

Lint/EmptyInterpolation

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.20

0.45

This cop checks for empty interpolation.

Examples

# bad

"result is #{}"
# good

"result is #{some_result}"

Lint/EmptyWhen

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.45

0.83

This cop checks for the presence of when branches without a body.

Examples

# bad
case foo
when bar
  do_something
when baz
end
# good
case condition
when foo
  do_something
when bar
  nil
end

AllowComments: true (default)

# good
case condition
when foo
  do_something
when bar
  # noop
end

AllowComments: false

# bad
case condition
when foo
  do_something
when bar
  # do nothing
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowComments

true

Boolean

Lint/EnsureReturn

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.9

0.83

This cop checks for return from an ensure block. return from an ensure block is a dangerous code smell as it will take precedence over any exception being raised, and the exception will be silently thrown away as if it were rescued.

If you want to rescue some (or all) exceptions, best to do it explicitly

Examples

# bad

def foo
  do_something
ensure
  cleanup
  return self
end
# good

def foo
  do_something
  self
ensure
  cleanup
end

# also good

def foo
  begin
    do_something
  rescue SomeException
    # Let's ignore this exception
  end
  self
ensure
  cleanup
end

Lint/ErbNewArguments

Required Ruby version: 2.6
Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.56

-

This cop emulates the following Ruby warnings in Ruby 2.6.

% cat example.rb ERB.new('hi', nil, '-', '@output_buffer') % ruby -rerb example.rb example.rb:1: warning: Passing safe_level with the 2nd argument of ERB.new is deprecated. Do not use it, and specify other arguments as keyword arguments. example.rb:1: warning: Passing trim_mode with the 3rd argument of ERB.new is deprecated. Use keyword argument like ERB.new(str, trim_mode:…​) instead. example.rb:1: warning: Passing eoutvar with the 4th argument of ERB.new is deprecated. Use keyword argument like ERB.new(str, eoutvar: …​) instead.

Now non-keyword arguments other than first one are softly deprecated and will be removed when Ruby 2.5 becomes EOL. ERB.new with non-keyword arguments is deprecated since ERB 2.2.0. Use :trim_mode and :eoutvar keyword arguments to ERB.new. This cop identifies places where ERB.new(str, trim_mode, eoutvar) can be replaced by ERB.new(str, :trim_mode: trim_mode, eoutvar: eoutvar).

Examples

# Target codes supports Ruby 2.6 and higher only
# bad
ERB.new(str, nil, '-', '@output_buffer')

# good
ERB.new(str, trim_mode: '-', eoutvar: '@output_buffer')

# Target codes supports Ruby 2.5 and lower only
# good
ERB.new(str, nil, '-', '@output_buffer')

# Target codes supports Ruby 2.6, 2.5 and lower
# bad
ERB.new(str, nil, '-', '@output_buffer')

# good
# Ruby standard library style
# https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/3406c5d
if ERB.instance_method(:initialize).parameters.assoc(:key) # Ruby 2.6+
  ERB.new(str, trim_mode: '-', eoutvar: '@output_buffer')
else
  ERB.new(str, nil, '-', '@output_buffer')
end

# good
# Use `RUBY_VERSION` style
if RUBY_VERSION >= '2.6'
  ERB.new(str, trim_mode: '-', eoutvar: '@output_buffer')
else
  ERB.new(str, nil, '-', '@output_buffer')
end

Lint/FlipFlop

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.16

-

This cop looks for uses of flip-flop operator. flip-flop operator is deprecated since Ruby 2.6.0.

Examples

# bad
(1..20).each do |x|
  puts x if (x == 5) .. (x == 10)
end

# good
(1..20).each do |x|
  puts x if (x >= 5) && (x <= 10)
end

Lint/FloatComparison

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for the presence of precise comparison of floating point numbers.

Floating point values are inherently inaccurate, and comparing them for exact equality is almost never the desired semantics. Comparison via the ==/!= operators checks floating-point value representation to be exactly the same, which is very unlikely if you perform any arithmetic operations involving precision loss.

Examples

# bad
x == 0.1
x != 0.1

# good - using BigDecimal
x.to_d == 0.1.to_d

# good
(x - 0.1).abs < Float::EPSILON

# good
tolerance = 0.0001
(x - 0.1).abs < tolerance

# Or some other epsilon based type of comparison:
# https://www.embeddeduse.com/2019/08/26/qt-compare-two-floats/

Lint/FloatOutOfRange

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.36

-

This cop identifies Float literals which are, like, really really really really really really really really big. Too big. No-one needs Floats that big. If you need a float that big, something is wrong with you.

Examples

# bad

float = 3.0e400
# good

float = 42.9

Lint/FormatParameterMismatch

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.33

-

This lint sees if there is a mismatch between the number of expected fields for format/sprintf/#% and what is actually passed as arguments.

In addition it checks whether different formats are used in the same format string. Do not mix numbered, unnumbered, and named formats in the same format string.

Examples

# bad

format('A value: %s and another: %i', a_value)
# good

format('A value: %s and another: %i', a_value, another)
# bad

format('Unnumbered format: %s and numbered: %2$s', a_value, another)
# good

format('Numbered format: %1$s and numbered %2$s', a_value, another)

Lint/HeredocMethodCallPosition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Disabled

Yes

Yes

0.68

-

This cop checks for the ordering of a method call where the receiver of the call is a HEREDOC.

Examples

# bad

   <<-SQL
     bar
   SQL
   .strip_indent

   <<-SQL
     bar
   SQL
   .strip_indent
   .trim

# good

   <<~SQL
     bar
   SQL

   <<~SQL.trim
     bar
   SQL

Lint/ImplicitStringConcatenation

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.36

-

This cop checks for implicit string concatenation of string literals which are on the same line.

Examples

# bad

array = ['Item 1' 'Item 2']
# good

array = ['Item 1Item 2']
array = ['Item 1' + 'Item 2']
array = [
  'Item 1' \
  'Item 2'
]

Lint/IneffectiveAccessModifier

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.36

-

This cop checks for private or protected access modifiers which are applied to a singleton method. These access modifiers do not make singleton methods private/protected. private_class_method can be used for that.

Examples

# bad

class C
  private

  def self.method
    puts 'hi'
  end
end
# good

class C
  def self.method
    puts 'hi'
  end

  private_class_method :method
end
# good

class C
  class << self
    private

    def method
      puts 'hi'
    end
  end
end

Lint/InheritException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.41

-

This cop looks for error classes inheriting from Exception and its standard library subclasses, excluding subclasses of StandardError. It is configurable to suggest using either RuntimeError (default) or StandardError instead.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: runtime_error (default)

# bad

class C < Exception; end

C = Class.new(Exception)

# good

class C < RuntimeError; end

C = Class.new(RuntimeError)

EnforcedStyle: standard_error

# bad

class C < Exception; end

C = Class.new(Exception)

# good

class C < StandardError; end

C = Class.new(StandardError)

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyle

runtime_error

runtime_error, standard_error

Lint/InterpolationCheck

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.50

0.87

This cop checks for interpolation in a single quoted string.

Examples

# bad

foo = 'something with #{interpolation} inside'
# good

foo = "something with #{interpolation} inside"

Lint/LiteralAsCondition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.51

-

This cop checks for literals used as the conditions or as operands in and/or expressions serving as the conditions of if/while/until.

Examples

# bad
if 20
  do_something
end

# bad
if some_var && true
  do_something
end

# good
if some_var && some_condition
  do_something
end

# good
# When using a boolean value for an infinite loop.
while true
  break if condition
end

Lint/LiteralInInterpolation

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.19

0.32

This cop checks for interpolated literals.

Examples

# bad

"result is #{10}"
# good

"result is 10"

Lint/Loop

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.9

0.89

This cop checks for uses of begin…​end while/until something.

Examples

# bad

# using while
begin
  do_something
end while some_condition
# bad

# using until
begin
  do_something
end until some_condition
# good

# while replacement
loop do
  do_something
  break unless some_condition
end
# good

# until replacement
loop do
  do_something
  break if some_condition
end

Lint/MissingCopEnableDirective

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.52

-

This cop checks that there is an # rubocop:enable …​ statement after a # rubocop:disable …​ statement. This will prevent leaving cop disables on wide ranges of code, that latter contributors to a file wouldn’t be aware of.

Examples

# Lint/MissingCopEnableDirective:
#   MaximumRangeSize: .inf

# good
# rubocop:disable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators
x= 0
# rubocop:enable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators
# y = 1
# EOF

# bad
# rubocop:disable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators
x= 0
# EOF
# Lint/MissingCopEnableDirective:
#   MaximumRangeSize: 2

# good
# rubocop:disable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators
x= 0
# With the previous, there are 2 lines on which cop is disabled.
# rubocop:enable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators

# bad
# rubocop:disable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators
x= 0
x += 1
# Including this, that's 3 lines on which the cop is disabled.
# rubocop:enable Layout/SpaceAroundOperators

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

MaximumRangeSize

Infinity

Float

Lint/MissingSuper

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for the presence of constructors and lifecycle callbacks without calls to super.

Examples

# bad
class Employee < Person
  def initialize(name, salary)
    @salary = salary
  end
end

# good
class Employee < Person
  def initialize(name, salary)
    super(name)
    @salary = salary
  end
end

# bad
class Parent
  def self.inherited(base)
    do_something
  end
end

# good
class Parent
  def self.inherited(base)
    super
    do_something
  end
end

Lint/MixedRegexpCaptureTypes

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.85

-

Do not mix named captures and numbered captures in a Regexp literal because numbered capture is ignored if they’re mixed. Replace numbered captures with non-capturing groupings or named captures.

# bad
/(?<foo>FOO)(BAR)/
# good
/(?<foo>FOO)(?<bar>BAR)/
# good
/(?<foo>FOO)(?:BAR)/
# good
/(FOO)(BAR)/

Lint/MultipleComparison

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.47

0.77

In math and Python, we can use x < y < z style comparison to compare multiple value. However, we can’t use the comparison in Ruby. However, the comparison is not syntax error. This cop checks the bad usage of comparison operators.

Examples

# bad

x < y < z
10 <= x <= 20
# good

x < y && y < z
10 <= x && x <= 20

Lint/NestedMethodDefinition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.32

-

This cop checks for nested method definitions.

Examples

# bad

# `bar` definition actually produces methods in the same scope
# as the outer `foo` method. Furthermore, the `bar` method
# will be redefined every time `foo` is invoked.
def foo
  def bar
  end
end
# good

def foo
  bar = -> { puts 'hello' }
  bar.call
end
# good

def foo
  self.class.class_eval do
    def bar
    end
  end
end

def foo
  self.class.module_exec do
    def bar
    end
  end
end
# good

def foo
  class << self
    def bar
    end
  end
end

Lint/NestedPercentLiteral

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.52

-

This cop checks for nested percent literals.

Examples

# bad

# The percent literal for nested_attributes is parsed as four tokens,
# yielding the array [:name, :content, :"%i[incorrectly", :"nested]"].
attributes = {
  valid_attributes: %i[name content],
  nested_attributes: %i[name content %i[incorrectly nested]]
}

Lint/NextWithoutAccumulator

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.36

-

Don’t omit the accumulator when calling next in a reduce block.

Examples

# bad

result = (1..4).reduce(0) do |acc, i|
  next if i.odd?
  acc + i
end
# good

result = (1..4).reduce(0) do |acc, i|
  next acc if i.odd?
  acc + i
end

Lint/NonDeterministicRequireOrder

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.78

-

Dir[…​] and Dir.glob(…​) do not make any guarantees about the order in which files are returned. The final order is determined by the operating system and file system. This means that using them in cases where the order matters, such as requiring files, can lead to intermittent failures that are hard to debug. To ensure this doesn’t happen, always sort the list.

Examples

# bad
Dir["./lib/**/*.rb"].each do |file|
  require file
end

# good
Dir["./lib/**/*.rb"].sort.each do |file|
  require file
end
# bad
Dir.glob(Rails.root.join(__dir__, 'test', '*.rb')) do |file|
  require file
end

# good
Dir.glob(Rails.root.join(__dir__, 'test', '*.rb')).sort.each do |file|
  require file
end
# bad
Dir['./lib/**/*.rb'].each(&method(:require))

# good
Dir['./lib/**/*.rb'].sort.each(&method(:require))
# bad
Dir.glob(Rails.root.join('test', '*.rb'), &method(:require))

# good
Dir.glob(Rails.root.join('test', '*.rb')).sort.each(&method(:require))

Lint/NonLocalExitFromIterator

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.30

-

This cop checks for non-local exits from iterators without a return value. It registers an offense under these conditions:

  • No value is returned,

  • the block is preceded by a method chain,

  • the block has arguments,

  • the method which receives the block is not define_method or define_singleton_method,

  • the return is not contained in an inner scope, e.g. a lambda or a method definition.

Examples

class ItemApi
  rescue_from ValidationError do |e| # non-iteration block with arg
    return { message: 'validation error' } unless e.errors # allowed
    error_array = e.errors.map do |error| # block with method chain
      return if error.suppress? # warned
      return "#{error.param}: invalid" unless error.message # allowed
      "#{error.param}: #{error.message}"
    end
    { message: 'validation error', errors: error_array }
  end

  def update_items
    transaction do # block without arguments
      return unless update_necessary? # allowed
      find_each do |item| # block without method chain
        return if item.stock == 0 # false-negative...
        item.update!(foobar: true)
      end
    end
  end
end

Lint/NumberConversion

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Disabled

Yes

Yes (Unsafe)

0.53

0.70

This cop warns the usage of unsafe number conversions. Unsafe number conversion can cause unexpected error if auto type conversion fails. Cop prefer parsing with number class instead.

Examples

# bad

'10'.to_i
'10.2'.to_f
'10'.to_c

# good

Integer('10', 10)
Float('10.2')
Complex('10')

Lint/OrderedMagicComments

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.53

-

Checks the proper ordering of magic comments and whether a magic comment is not placed before a shebang.

Examples

# bad

# frozen_string_literal: true
# encoding: ascii
p [''.frozen?, ''.encoding] #=> [true, #<Encoding:UTF-8>]

# good

# encoding: ascii
# frozen_string_literal: true
p [''.frozen?, ''.encoding] #=> [true, #<Encoding:US-ASCII>]

# good

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding: ascii
# frozen_string_literal: true
p [''.frozen?, ''.encoding] #=> [true, #<Encoding:US-ASCII>]

Lint/OutOfRangeRegexpRef

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

No

No

0.89

-

This cops looks for references of Regexp captures that are out of range and thus always returns nil.

Examples

/(foo)bar/ =~ 'foobar'

# bad - always returns nil

puts $2 # => nil

# good

puts $1 # => foo

Lint/ParenthesesAsGroupedExpression

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.12

0.83

Checks for space between the name of a called method and a left parenthesis.

Examples

# bad
do_something (foo)

# good
do_something(foo)
do_something (2 + 3) * 4
do_something (foo * bar).baz

Lint/PercentStringArray

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.41

-

This cop checks for quotes and commas in %w, e.g. %w('foo', "bar")

It is more likely that the additional characters are unintended (for example, mistranslating an array of literals to percent string notation) rather than meant to be part of the resulting strings.

Examples

# bad

%w('foo', "bar")
# good

%w(foo bar)

Lint/PercentSymbolArray

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.41

-

This cop checks for colons and commas in %i, e.g. %i(:foo, :bar)

It is more likely that the additional characters are unintended (for example, mistranslating an array of literals to percent string notation) rather than meant to be part of the resulting symbols.

Examples

# bad

%i(:foo, :bar)
# good

%i(foo bar)

Lint/RaiseException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

No

Yes (Unsafe)

0.81

0.86

This cop checks for raise or fail statements which are raising Exception class.

You can specify a module name that will be an implicit namespace using AllowedImplicitNamespaces option. The cop cause a false positive for namespaced Exception when a namespace is omitted. This option can prevent the false positive by specifying a namespace to be omitted for Exception. Alternatively, make Exception a fully qualified class name with an explicit namespace.

Examples

# bad
raise Exception, 'Error message here'

# good
raise StandardError, 'Error message here'

AllowedImplicitNamespaces: ['Gem']

# good
module Gem
  def self.foo
    raise Exception # This exception means `Gem::Exception`.
  end
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowedImplicitNamespaces

Gem

Array

Lint/RandOne

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.36

-

This cop checks for rand(1) calls. Such calls always return 0.

Examples

# bad

rand 1
Kernel.rand(-1)
rand 1.0
rand(-1.0)
# good

0 # just use 0 instead

Lint/RedundantCopDisableDirective

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.76

-

This cop detects instances of rubocop:disable comments that can be removed without causing any offenses to be reported. It’s implemented as a cop in that it inherits from the Cop base class and calls add_offense. The unusual part of its implementation is that it doesn’t have any on_* methods or an investigate method. This means that it doesn’t take part in the investigation phase when the other cops do their work. Instead, it waits until it’s called in a later stage of the execution. The reason it can’t be implemented as a normal cop is that it depends on the results of all other cops to do its work.

Examples

# bad
# rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
x += 1
# rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength

# good
x += 1

Lint/RedundantCopEnableDirective

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.76

-

This cop detects instances of rubocop:enable comments that can be removed.

When comment enables all cops at once rubocop:enable all that cop checks whether any cop was actually enabled.

Examples

# bad
foo = 1
# rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength

# good
foo = 1
# bad
# rubocop:disable Style/StringLiterals
foo = "1"
# rubocop:enable Style/StringLiterals
baz
# rubocop:enable all

# good
# rubocop:disable Style/StringLiterals
foo = "1"
# rubocop:enable all
baz

Lint/RedundantRequireStatement

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.76

-

Checks for unnecessary require statement.

The following features are unnecessary require statement because they are already loaded.

ruby -ve 'p $LOADED_FEATURES.reject { |feature| %r|/| =~ feature }'
ruby 2.2.8p477 (2017-09-14 revision 59906) [x86_64-darwin13]
["enumerator.so", "rational.so", "complex.so", "thread.rb"]

This cop targets Ruby 2.2 or higher containing these 4 features.

Examples

# bad
require 'unloaded_feature'
require 'thread'

# good
require 'unloaded_feature'

Lint/RedundantSplatExpansion

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.76

-

This cop checks for unneeded usages of splat expansion

Examples

# bad

a = *[1, 2, 3]
a = *'a'
a = *1

begin
  foo
rescue *[StandardError, ApplicationError]
  bar
end

case foo
when *[1, 2, 3]
  bar
else
  baz
end
# good

c = [1, 2, 3]
a = *c
a, b = *c
a, *b = *c
a = *1..10
a = ['a']

begin
  foo
rescue StandardError, ApplicationError
  bar
end

case foo
when 1, 2, 3
  bar
else
  baz
end

Lint/RedundantStringCoercion

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.19

0.77

This cop checks for string conversion in string interpolation, which is redundant.

Examples

# bad

"result is #{something.to_s}"
# good

"result is #{something}"

Lint/RedundantWithIndex

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.50

-

This cop checks for redundant with_index.

Examples

# bad
ary.each_with_index do |v|
  v
end

# good
ary.each do |v|
  v
end

# bad
ary.each.with_index do |v|
  v
end

# good
ary.each do |v|
  v
end

Lint/RedundantWithObject

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.51

-

This cop checks for redundant with_object.

Examples

# bad
ary.each_with_object([]) do |v|
  v
end

# good
ary.each do |v|
  v
end

# bad
ary.each.with_object([]) do |v|
  v
end

# good
ary.each do |v|
  v
end

Lint/RegexpAsCondition

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.51

0.86

This cop checks for regexp literals used as match-current-line. If a regexp literal is in condition, the regexp matches $_ implicitly.

Examples

# bad
if /foo/
  do_something
end

# good
if /foo/ =~ $_
  do_something
end

Lint/RequireParentheses

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.18

-

This cop checks for expressions where there is a call to a predicate method with at least one argument, where no parentheses are used around the parameter list, and a boolean operator, && or ||, is used in the last argument.

The idea behind warning for these constructs is that the user might be under the impression that the return value from the method call is an operand of &&/||.

Examples

# bad

if day.is? :tuesday && month == :jan
  # ...
end
# good

if day.is?(:tuesday) && month == :jan
  # ...
end

Lint/RescueException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

0.27.1

This cop checks for rescue blocks targeting the Exception class.

Examples

# bad

begin
  do_something
rescue Exception
  handle_exception
end
# good

begin
  do_something
rescue ArgumentError
  handle_exception
end

Lint/RescueType

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.49

-

Check for arguments to rescue that will result in a TypeError if an exception is raised.

Examples

# bad
begin
  bar
rescue nil
  baz
end

# bad
def foo
  bar
rescue 1, 'a', "#{b}", 0.0, [], {}
  baz
end

# good
begin
  bar
rescue
  baz
end

# good
def foo
  bar
rescue NameError
  baz
end

Lint/ReturnInVoidContext

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop checks for the use of a return with a value in a context where the value will be ignored. (initialize and setter methods)

Examples

# bad
def initialize
  foo
  return :qux if bar?
  baz
end

def foo=(bar)
  return 42
end
# good
def initialize
  foo
  return if bar?
  baz
end

def foo=(bar)
  return
end

Lint/SafeNavigationChain

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.47

0.77

The safe navigation operator returns nil if the receiver is nil. If you chain an ordinary method call after a safe navigation operator, it raises NoMethodError. We should use a safe navigation operator after a safe navigation operator. This cop checks for the problem outlined above.

Examples

# bad

x&.foo.bar
x&.foo + bar
x&.foo[bar]
# good

x&.foo&.bar
x&.foo || bar

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowedMethods

present?, blank?, presence, try, try!

Array

Lint/SafeNavigationConsistency

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.55

0.77

This cop check to make sure that if safe navigation is used for a method call in an && or || condition that safe navigation is used for all method calls on that same object.

Examples

# bad
foo&.bar && foo.baz

# bad
foo.bar || foo&.baz

# bad
foo&.bar && (foobar.baz || foo.baz)

# good
foo.bar && foo.baz

# good
foo&.bar || foo&.baz

# good
foo&.bar && (foobar.baz || foo&.baz)

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowedMethods

present?, blank?, presence, try, try!

Array

Lint/SafeNavigationWithEmpty

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.62

0.87

This cop checks to make sure safe navigation isn’t used with empty? in a conditional.

While the safe navigation operator is generally a good idea, when checking foo&.empty? in a conditional, foo being nil will actually do the opposite of what the author intends.

Examples

# bad
return if foo&.empty?
return unless foo&.empty?

# good
return if foo && foo.empty?
return unless foo && foo.empty?

Lint/ScriptPermission

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.49

0.50

This cop checks if a file which has a shebang line as its first line is granted execute permission.

Examples

# bad

# A file which has a shebang line as its first line is not
# granted execute permission.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
puts 'hello, world'

# good

# A file which has a shebang line as its first line is
# granted execute permission.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
puts 'hello, world'

# good

# A file which has not a shebang line as its first line is not
# granted execute permission.

puts 'hello, world'

Lint/SelfAssignment

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for self-assignments.

Examples

# bad
foo = foo
foo, bar = foo, bar
Foo = Foo

# good
foo = bar
foo, bar = bar, foo
Foo = Bar

Lint/SendWithMixinArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.75

-

This cop checks for send, public_send, and send methods when using mix-in.

include and prepend methods were private methods until Ruby 2.0, they were mixed-in via send method. This cop uses Ruby 2.1 or higher style that can be called by public methods. And extend method that was originally a public method is also targeted for style unification.

Examples

# bad
Foo.send(:include, Bar)
Foo.send(:prepend, Bar)
Foo.send(:extend, Bar)

# bad
Foo.public_send(:include, Bar)
Foo.public_send(:prepend, Bar)
Foo.public_send(:extend, Bar)

# bad
Foo.__send__(:include, Bar)
Foo.__send__(:prepend, Bar)
Foo.__send__(:extend, Bar)

# good
Foo.include Bar
Foo.prepend Bar
Foo.extend Bar

Lint/ShadowedArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.52

-

This cop checks for shadowed arguments.

This cop has IgnoreImplicitReferences configuration option. It means argument shadowing is used in order to pass parameters to zero arity super when IgnoreImplicitReferences is true.

Examples

# bad
do_something do |foo|
  foo = 42
  puts foo
end

def do_something(foo)
  foo = 42
  puts foo
end

# good
do_something do |foo|
  foo = foo + 42
  puts foo
end

def do_something(foo)
  foo = foo + 42
  puts foo
end

def do_something(foo)
  puts foo
end

IgnoreImplicitReferences: false (default)

# bad
def do_something(foo)
  foo = 42
  super
end

def do_something(foo)
  foo = super
  bar
end

IgnoreImplicitReferences: true

# good
def do_something(foo)
  foo = 42
  super
end

def do_something(foo)
  foo = super
  bar
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

IgnoreImplicitReferences

false

Boolean

Lint/ShadowedException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.41

-

This cop checks for a rescued exception that get shadowed by a less specific exception being rescued before a more specific exception is rescued.

Examples

# bad

begin
  something
rescue Exception
  handle_exception
rescue StandardError
  handle_standard_error
end

# good

begin
  something
rescue StandardError
  handle_standard_error
rescue Exception
  handle_exception
end

# good, however depending on runtime environment.
#
# This is a special case for system call errors.
# System dependent error code depends on runtime environment.
# For example, whether `Errno::EAGAIN` and `Errno::EWOULDBLOCK` are
# the same error code or different error code depends on environment.
# This good case is for `Errno::EAGAIN` and `Errno::EWOULDBLOCK` with
# the same error code.
begin
  something
rescue Errno::EAGAIN, Errno::EWOULDBLOCK
  handle_standard_error
end

Lint/ShadowingOuterLocalVariable

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

-

This cop looks for use of the same name as outer local variables for block arguments or block local variables. This is a mimic of the warning "shadowing outer local variable - foo" from ruby -cw.

Examples

# bad

def some_method
  foo = 1

  2.times do |foo| # shadowing outer `foo`
    do_something(foo)
  end
end
# good

def some_method
  foo = 1

  2.times do |bar|
    do_something(bar)
  end
end

Lint/StructNewOverride

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.81

-

This cop checks unexpected overrides of the Struct built-in methods via Struct.new.

Examples

# bad
Bad = Struct.new(:members, :clone, :count)
b = Bad.new([], true, 1)
b.members #=> [] (overriding `Struct#members`)
b.clone #=> true (overriding `Object#clone`)
b.count #=> 1 (overriding `Enumerable#count`)

# good
Good = Struct.new(:id, :name)
g = Good.new(1, "foo")
g.members #=> [:id, :name]
g.clone #=> #<struct Good id=1, name="foo">
g.count #=> 2

Lint/SuppressedException

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

0.81

This cop checks for rescue blocks with no body.

Examples

# bad
def some_method
  do_something
rescue
end

# bad
begin
  do_something
rescue
end

# good
def some_method
  do_something
rescue
  handle_exception
end

# good
begin
  do_something
rescue
  handle_exception
end

AllowComments: true (default)

# good
def some_method
  do_something
rescue
  # do nothing
end

# good
begin
  do_something
rescue
  # do nothing
end

AllowComments: false

# bad
def some_method
  do_something
rescue
  # do nothing
end

# bad
begin
  do_something
rescue
  # do nothing
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowComments

true

Boolean

Lint/Syntax

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

-

This cop repacks Parser’s diagnostics/errors into RuboCop’s offenses.

Lint/ToJSON

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.66

-

This cop checks to make sure #to_json includes an optional argument. When overriding #to_json, callers may invoke JSON generation via JSON.generate(your_obj). Since JSON#generate allows for an optional argument, your method should too.

Examples

# bad
def to_json
end

# good
def to_json(*_args)
end

Lint/TopLevelReturnWithArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for top level return with arguments. If there is a top-level return statement with an argument, then the argument is always ignored. This is detected automatically since Ruby 2.7.

Examples

# Detected since Ruby 2.7
return 1 # 1 is always ignored.

Lint/UnderscorePrefixedVariableName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.21

-

This cop checks for underscore-prefixed variables that are actually used.

Since block keyword arguments cannot be arbitrarily named at call sites, the AllowKeywordBlockArguments will allow use of underscore- prefixed block keyword arguments.

Examples

AllowKeywordBlockArguments: false (default)

# bad

[1, 2, 3].each do |_num|
  do_something(_num)
end

query(:sales) do |_id:, revenue:, cost:|
  {_id: _id, profit: revenue - cost}
end

# good

[1, 2, 3].each do |num|
  do_something(num)
end

[1, 2, 3].each do |_num|
  do_something # not using `_num`
end

AllowKeywordBlockArguments: true

# good

query(:sales) do |_id:, revenue:, cost:|
  {_id: _id, profit: revenue - cost}
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowKeywordBlockArguments

false

Boolean

Lint/UnifiedInteger

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.43

-

This cop checks for using Fixnum or Bignum constant.

Examples

# bad

1.is_a?(Fixnum)
1.is_a?(Bignum)
# good

1.is_a?(Integer)

Lint/UnreachableCode

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

-

This cop checks for unreachable code. The check are based on the presence of flow of control statement in non-final position in begin (implicit) blocks.

Examples

# bad

def some_method
  return
  do_something
end

# bad

def some_method
  if cond
    return
  else
    return
  end
  do_something
end
# good

def some_method
  do_something
end

Lint/UnreachableLoop

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Pending

Yes

No

0.89

-

This cop checks for loops that will have at most one iteration.

A loop that can never reach the second iteration is a possible error in the code. In rare cases where only one iteration (or at most one iteration) is intended behavior, the code should be refactored to use if conditionals.

Examples

# bad
while node
  do_something(node)
  node = node.parent
  break
end

# good
while node
  do_something(node)
  node = node.parent
end

# bad
def verify_list(head)
  item = head
  begin
    if verify(item)
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end while(item)
end

# good
def verify_list(head)
  item = head
  begin
    if verify(item)
      item = item.next
    else
      return false
    end
  end while(item)

  true
end

# bad
def find_something(items)
  items.each do |item|
    if something?(item)
      return item
    else
      raise NotFoundError
    end
  end
end

# good
def find_something(items)
  items.each do |item|
    if something?(item)
      return item
    end
  end
  raise NotFoundError
end

Lint/UnusedBlockArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.21

0.22

This cop checks for unused block arguments.

Examples

# bad
do_something do |used, unused|
  puts used
end

do_something do |bar|
  puts :foo
end

define_method(:foo) do |bar|
  puts :baz
end

# good
do_something do |used, _unused|
  puts used
end

do_something do
  puts :foo
end

define_method(:foo) do |_bar|
  puts :baz
end

IgnoreEmptyBlocks: true (default)

# good
do_something { |unused| }

IgnoreEmptyBlocks: false

# bad
do_something { |unused| }

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments: false (default)

# bad
do_something do |unused: 42|
  foo
end

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments: true

# good
do_something do |unused: 42|
  foo
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

IgnoreEmptyBlocks

true

Boolean

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments

false

Boolean

Lint/UnusedMethodArgument

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.21

0.81

This cop checks for unused method arguments.

Examples

# bad
def some_method(used, unused, _unused_but_allowed)
  puts used
end

# good
def some_method(used, _unused, _unused_but_allowed)
  puts used
end

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments: false (default)

# bad
def do_something(used, unused: 42)
  used
end

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments: true

# good
def do_something(used, unused: 42)
  used
end

IgnoreEmptyMethods: true (default)

# good
def do_something(unused)
end

IgnoreEmptyMethods: false

# bad
def do_something(unused)
end

IgnoreNotImplementedMethods: true (default)

# good
def do_something(unused)
  raise NotImplementedError
end

def do_something_else(unused)
  fail "TODO"
end

IgnoreNotImplementedMethods: false

# bad
def do_something(unused)
  raise NotImplementedError
end

def do_something_else(unused)
  fail "TODO"
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowUnusedKeywordArguments

false

Boolean

IgnoreEmptyMethods

true

Boolean

IgnoreNotImplementedMethods

true

Boolean

Lint/UriEscapeUnescape

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop identifies places where URI.escape can be replaced by CGI.escape, URI.encode_www_form, or URI.encode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case. Also this cop identifies places where URI.unescape can be replaced by CGI.unescape, URI.decode_www_form, or URI.decode_www_form_component depending on your specific use case.

Examples

# bad
URI.escape('http://example.com')
URI.encode('http://example.com')

# good
CGI.escape('http://example.com')
URI.encode_www_form([['example', 'param'], ['lang', 'en']])
URI.encode_www_form(page: 10, locale: 'en')
URI.encode_www_form_component('http://example.com')

# bad
URI.unescape(enc_uri)
URI.decode(enc_uri)

# good
CGI.unescape(enc_uri)
URI.decode_www_form(enc_uri)
URI.decode_www_form_component(enc_uri)

Lint/UriRegexp

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.50

-

This cop identifies places where URI.regexp is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.make_regexp.

Examples

# bad
URI.regexp('http://example.com')

# good
URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.make_regexp('http://example.com')

Lint/UselessAccessModifier

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.20

0.83

This cop checks for redundant access modifiers, including those with no code, those which are repeated, and leading public modifiers in a class or module body. Conditionally-defined methods are considered as always being defined, and thus access modifiers guarding such methods are not redundant.

This cop has ContextCreatingMethods option. The default setting value is an empty array that means no method is specified. This setting is an array of methods which, when called, are known to create its own context in the module’s current access context.

It also has MethodCreatingMethods option. The default setting value is an empty array that means no method is specified. This setting is an array of methods which, when called, are known to create other methods in the module’s current access context.

Examples

# bad
class Foo
  public # this is redundant (default access is public)

  def method
  end
end

# bad
class Foo
  # The following is redundant (methods defined on the class'
  # singleton class are not affected by the public modifier)
  public

  def self.method3
  end
end

# bad
class Foo
  protected

  define_method(:method2) do
  end

  protected # this is redundant (repeated from previous modifier)

  [1,2,3].each do |i|
    define_method("foo#{i}") do
    end
  end
end

# bad
class Foo
  private # this is redundant (no following methods are defined)
end

# good
class Foo
  private # this is not redundant (a method is defined)

  def method2
  end
end

# good
class Foo
  # The following is not redundant (conditionally defined methods are
  # considered as always defining a method)
  private

  if condition?
    def method
    end
  end
end

# good
class Foo
  protected # this is not redundant (a method is defined)

  define_method(:method2) do
  end
end

ContextCreatingMethods: concerning

# Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
#   ContextCreatingMethods:
#     - concerning

# good
require 'active_support/concern'
class Foo
  concerning :Bar do
    def some_public_method
    end

    private

    def some_private_method
    end
  end

  # this is not redundant because `concerning` created its own context
  private

  def some_other_private_method
  end
end

MethodCreatingMethods: delegate

# Lint/UselessAccessModifier:
#   MethodCreatingMethods:
#     - delegate

# good
require 'active_support/core_ext/module/delegation'
class Foo
  # this is not redundant because `delegate` creates methods
  private

  delegate :method_a, to: :method_b
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

ContextCreatingMethods

[]

Array

MethodCreatingMethods

[]

Array

Lint/UselessAssignment

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.11

-

This cop checks for every useless assignment to local variable in every scope. The basic idea for this cop was from the warning of ruby -cw:

assigned but unused variable - foo

Currently this cop has advanced logic that detects unreferenced reassignments and properly handles varied cases such as branch, loop, rescue, ensure, etc.

Examples

# bad

def some_method
  some_var = 1
  do_something
end
# good

def some_method
  some_var = 1
  do_something(some_var)
end

Lint/UselessElseWithoutRescue

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.17

-

This cop checks for useless else in begin..end without rescue.

This syntax is no longer valid on Ruby 2.6 or higher and this cop is going to be removed at some point the future.

Examples

# bad

begin
  do_something
else
  do_something_else # This will never be run.
end
# good

begin
  do_something
rescue
  handle_errors
else
  do_something_else
end

Lint/UselessSetterCall

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

No

No

0.13

0.80

This cop checks for setter call to local variable as the final expression of a function definition.

There are edge cases in which the local variable references a value that is also accessible outside the local scope. This is not detected by the cop, and it can yield a false positive.

Examples

# bad

def something
  x = Something.new
  x.attr = 5
end
# good

def something
  x = Something.new
  x.attr = 5
  x
end

Lint/Void

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.9

-

This cop checks for operators, variables, literals, and nonmutating methods used in void context.

Examples

CheckForMethodsWithNoSideEffects: false (default)

# bad
def some_method
  some_num * 10
  do_something
end

def some_method(some_var)
  some_var
  do_something
end

CheckForMethodsWithNoSideEffects: true

# bad
def some_method(some_array)
  some_array.sort
  do_something(some_array)
end

# good
def some_method
  do_something
  some_num * 10
end

def some_method(some_var)
  do_something
  some_var
end

def some_method(some_array)
  some_array.sort!
  do_something(some_array)
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

CheckForMethodsWithNoSideEffects

false

Boolean