Naming

Naming/AccessorMethodName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that accessor methods are named properly.

Examples

# bad
def set_attribute(value)
end

# good
def attribute=(value)
end

# bad
def get_attribute
end

# good
def attribute
end

References

Naming/AsciiIdentifiers

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

0.87

This cop checks for non-ascii characters in identifier and constant names. Identifiers are always checked and whether constants are checked can be controlled using AsciiConstants config.

Examples

# bad
def καλημερα # Greek alphabet (non-ascii)
end

# bad
def こんにちはと言う # Japanese character (non-ascii)
end

# bad
def hello_🍣 # Emoji (non-ascii)
end

# good
def say_hello
end

# bad
신장 = 10 # Hangul character (non-ascii)

# good
height = 10

# bad
params[:عرض_gteq] # Arabic character (non-ascii)

# good
params[:width_gteq]

AsciiConstants: true (default)

# bad
class Foö
end

FOÖ = "foo"

AsciiConstants: false

# good
class Foö
end

FOÖ = "foo"

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AsciiConstants

true

Boolean

References

Naming/BinaryOperatorParameterName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that certain binary operator methods have their sole parameter named other.

Examples

# bad
def +(amount); end

# good
def +(other); end

References

Naming/BlockParameterName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.53

0.77

This cop checks block parameter names for how descriptive they are. It is highly configurable.

The MinNameLength config option takes an integer. It represents the minimum amount of characters the name must be. Its default is 1. The AllowNamesEndingInNumbers config option takes a boolean. When set to false, this cop will register offenses for names ending with numbers. Its default is false. The AllowedNames config option takes an array of permitted names that will never register an offense. The ForbiddenNames config option takes an array of restricted names that will always register an offense.

Examples

# bad
bar do |varOne, varTwo|
  varOne + varTwo
end

# With `AllowNamesEndingInNumbers` set to false
foo { |num1, num2| num1 * num2 }

# With `MinParamNameLength` set to number greater than 1
baz { |a, b, c| do_stuff(a, b, c) }

# good
bar do |thud, fred|
  thud + fred
end

foo { |speed, distance| speed * distance }

baz { |age, height, gender| do_stuff(age, height, gender) }

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

MinNameLength

1

Integer

AllowNamesEndingInNumbers

true

Boolean

AllowedNames

[]

Array

ForbiddenNames

[]

Array

Naming/ClassAndModuleCamelCase

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

0.85

This cop checks for class and module names with an underscore in them.

AllowedNames config takes an array of permitted names. Its default value is ['module_parent']. These names can be full class/module names or part of the name. eg. Adding my_class to the AllowedNames config will allow names like my_class, my_class::User, App::my_class, App::my_class::User, etc.

Examples

# bad
class My_Class
end
module My_Module
end

# good
class MyClass
end
module MyModule
end
class module_parent::MyModule
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

AllowedNames

module_parent

Array

References

Naming/ConstantName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop checks whether constant names are written using SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE.

To avoid false positives, it ignores cases in which we cannot know for certain the type of value that would be assigned to a constant.

Examples

# bad
InchInCm = 2.54
INCHinCM = 2.54
Inch_In_Cm = 2.54

# good
INCH_IN_CM = 2.54

References

Naming/FileName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that Ruby source files have snake_case names. Ruby scripts (i.e. source files with a shebang in the first line) are ignored.

The cop also ignores .gemspec files, because Bundler recommends using dashes to separate namespaces in nested gems (i.e. bundler-console becomes Bundler::Console). As such, the gemspec is supposed to be named bundler-console.gemspec.

Examples

# bad
lib/layoutManager.rb

anything/usingCamelCase

# good
lib/layout_manager.rb

anything/using_snake_case.rake

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

Exclude

[]

Array

ExpectMatchingDefinition

false

Boolean

CheckDefinitionPathHierarchy

true

Boolean

Regex

<none>

IgnoreExecutableScripts

true

Boolean

AllowedAcronyms

CLI, DSL, ACL, API, ASCII, CPU, CSS, DNS, EOF, GUID, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, ID, IP, JSON, LHS, QPS, RAM, RHS, RPC, SLA, SMTP, SQL, SSH, TCP, TLS, TTL, UDP, UI, UID, UUID, URI, URL, UTF8, VM, XML, XMPP, XSRF, XSS

Array

References

Naming/HeredocDelimiterCase

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop checks that your heredocs are using the configured case. By default it is configured to enforce uppercase heredocs.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: uppercase (default)

# bad
<<-sql
  SELECT * FROM foo
sql

# good
<<-SQL
  SELECT * FROM foo
SQL

EnforcedStyle: lowercase

# bad
<<-SQL
  SELECT * FROM foo
SQL

# good
<<-sql
  SELECT * FROM foo
sql

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyle

uppercase

lowercase, uppercase

References

Naming/HeredocDelimiterNaming

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop checks that your heredocs are using meaningful delimiters. By default it disallows END and EO*, and can be configured through forbidden listing additional delimiters.

Examples

# good
<<-SQL
  SELECT * FROM foo
SQL

# bad
<<-END
  SELECT * FROM foo
END

# bad
<<-EOS
  SELECT * FROM foo
EOS

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

ForbiddenDelimiters

`(?-mix:(^

\s)(EO[A-Z]{1}

END)(\s

$))`

Array

References

Naming/MemoizedInstanceVariableName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.53

0.58

This cop checks for memoized methods whose instance variable name does not match the method name.

This cop can be configured with the EnforcedStyleForLeadingUnderscores directive. It can be configured to allow for memoized instance variables prefixed with an underscore. Prefixing ivars with an underscore is a convention that is used to implicitly indicate that an ivar should not be set or referenced outside of the memoization method.

Examples

EnforcedStyleForLeadingUnderscores: disallowed (default)

# bad
# Method foo is memoized using an instance variable that is
# not `@foo`. This can cause confusion and bugs.
def foo
  @something ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def _foo
  @foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def foo
  @foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def foo
  @foo ||= begin
    calculate_expensive_thing
  end
end

# good
def foo
  helper_variable = something_we_need_to_calculate_foo
  @foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing(helper_variable)
end

EnforcedStyleForLeadingUnderscores: required

# bad
def foo
  @something ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# bad
def foo
  @foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def foo
  @_foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def _foo
  @_foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

EnforcedStyleForLeadingUnderscores :optional

# bad
def foo
  @something ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def foo
  @foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def foo
  @_foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

# good
def _foo
  @_foo ||= calculate_expensive_thing
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyleForLeadingUnderscores

disallowed

disallowed, required, optional

Naming/MethodName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that all methods use the configured style, snake_case or camelCase, for their names.

This cop has IgnoredPatterns configuration option.

Naming/MethodName:
  IgnoredPatterns:
    - '\A\s*onSelectionBulkChange\s*'
    - '\A\s*onSelectionCleared\s*'

Method names matching patterns are always allowed.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: snake_case (default)

# bad
def fooBar; end

# good
def foo_bar; end

EnforcedStyle: camelCase

# bad
def foo_bar; end

# good
def fooBar; end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyle

snake_case

snake_case, camelCase

IgnoredPatterns

[]

Array

References

Naming/MethodParameterName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.53

0.77

This cop checks method parameter names for how descriptive they are. It is highly configurable.

The MinNameLength config option takes an integer. It represents the minimum amount of characters the name must be. Its default is 3. The AllowNamesEndingInNumbers config option takes a boolean. When set to false, this cop will register offenses for names ending with numbers. Its default is false. The AllowedNames config option takes an array of permitted names that will never register an offense. The ForbiddenNames config option takes an array of restricted names that will always register an offense.

Examples

# bad
def bar(varOne, varTwo)
  varOne + varTwo
end

# With `AllowNamesEndingInNumbers` set to false
def foo(num1, num2)
  num1 * num2
end

# With `MinArgNameLength` set to number greater than 1
def baz(a, b, c)
  do_stuff(a, b, c)
end

# good
def bar(thud, fred)
  thud + fred
end

def foo(speed, distance)
  speed * distance
end

def baz(age_a, height_b, gender_c)
  do_stuff(age_a, height_b, gender_c)
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

MinNameLength

3

Integer

AllowNamesEndingInNumbers

true

Boolean

AllowedNames

at, by, db, id, in, io, ip, of, on, os, pp, to

Array

ForbiddenNames

[]

Array

Naming/PredicateName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

0.77

This cop makes sure that predicates are named properly.

Examples

# bad
def is_even(value)
end

def is_even?(value)
end

# good
def even?(value)
end

# bad
def has_value
end

def has_value?
end

# good
def value?
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

NamePrefix

is_, has_, have_

Array

ForbiddenPrefixes

is_, has_, have_

Array

AllowedMethods

is_a?

Array

MethodDefinitionMacros

define_method, define_singleton_method

Array

Exclude

spec/*/

Array

References

Naming/RescuedExceptionsVariableName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

Yes

0.67

0.68

This cop makes sure that rescued exceptions variables are named as expected.

The PreferredName config option takes a String. It represents the required name of the variable. Its default is e.

Examples

PreferredName: e (default)

# bad
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => exception
  # do something
end

# good
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => e
  # do something
end

# good
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => _e
  # do something
end

PreferredName: exception

# bad
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => e
  # do something
end

# good
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => exception
  # do something
end

# good
begin
  # do something
rescue MyException => _exception
  # do something
end

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

PreferredName

e

String

Naming/VariableName

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that all variables use the configured style, snake_case or camelCase, for their names.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: snake_case (default)

# bad
fooBar = 1

# good
foo_bar = 1

EnforcedStyle: camelCase

# bad
foo_bar = 1

# good
fooBar = 1

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyle

snake_case

snake_case, camelCase

References

Naming/VariableNumber

Enabled by default Safe Supports autocorrection VersionAdded VersionChanged

Enabled

Yes

No

0.50

-

This cop makes sure that all numbered variables use the configured style, snake_case, normalcase, or non_integer, for their numbering.

Examples

EnforcedStyle: snake_case

# bad

variable1 = 1

# good

variable_1 = 1

EnforcedStyle: normalcase (default)

# bad

variable_1 = 1

# good

variable1 = 1

EnforcedStyle: non_integer

# bad

variable1 = 1

variable_1 = 1

# good

variableone = 1

variable_one = 1

Configurable attributes

Name Default value Configurable values

EnforcedStyle

normalcase

snake_case, normalcase, non_integer