Class: RuboCop::Cop::Style::ReturnNil

Inherits:
Cop
  • Object
show all
Includes:
ConfigurableEnforcedStyle
Defined in:
lib/rubocop/cop/style/return_nil.rb

Overview

This cop enforces consistency between ‘return nil’ and ‘return’.

Supported styles are: return, return_nil.

Examples:


# EnforcedStyle: return (default)

# bad
def foo(arg)
  return nil if arg
end

# good
def foo(arg)
  return if arg
end

# EnforcedStyle: return_nil

# bad
def foo(arg)
  return if arg
end

# good
def foo(arg)
  return nil if arg
end

Constant Summary collapse

RETURN_MSG = 
'Use `return` instead of `return nil`.'.freeze
RETURN_NIL_MSG = 
'Use `return nil` instead of `return`.'.freeze

Constants included from Util

Util::ASGN_NODES, Util::BYTE_ORDER_MARK, Util::CONDITIONAL_NODES, Util::EQUALS_ASGN_NODES, Util::LITERAL_REGEX, Util::LOGICAL_OPERATOR_NODES, Util::MODIFIER_NODES, Util::OPERATOR_METHODS, Util::SHORTHAND_ASGN_NODES

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Cop

#config, #corrections, #offenses, #processed_source

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from ConfigurableEnforcedStyle

#alternative_style, #alternative_styles, #ambiguous_style_detected, #correct_style_detected, #detected_style, #detected_style=, #no_acceptable_style!, #no_acceptable_style?, #opposite_style_detected, #style, #style_detected, #style_parameter_name, #supported_styles, #unexpected_style_detected

Methods inherited from Cop

#add_offense, all, autocorrect_incompatible_with, badge, #config_to_allow_offenses, #config_to_allow_offenses=, #cop_config, #cop_name, cop_name, #correct, department, #duplicate_location?, #excluded_file?, #find_location, #highlights, inherited, #initialize, #join_force?, lint?, match?, #messages, non_rails, #parse, qualified_cop_name, #relevant_file?, #target_rails_version, #target_ruby_version

Methods included from AST::Sexp

#s

Methods included from NodePattern::Macros

#def_node_matcher, #def_node_search, #node_search, #node_search_all, #node_search_body, #node_search_first

Methods included from AutocorrectLogic

#autocorrect?, #autocorrect_enabled?, #autocorrect_requested?, #support_autocorrect?

Methods included from IgnoredNode

#ignore_node, #ignored_node?, #part_of_ignored_node?

Methods included from Util

begins_its_line?, block_length, comment_line?, compatible_external_encoding_for?, directions, double_quotes_required?, effective_column, ends_its_line?, escape_string, first_part_of_call_chain, interpret_string_escapes, line_distance, line_range, move_pos, needs_escaping?, on_node, operator?, parentheses?, parenthesized_call?, preceed?, range_between, range_by_whole_lines, range_with_surrounding_comma, range_with_surrounding_space, same_line?, scrub_string, source_range, strip_quotes, stripped_source_upto, symbol_without_quote?, to_string_literal, to_supported_styles, to_symbol_literal, within_node?

Methods included from PathUtil

absolute?, match_path?, relative_path, smart_path

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from RuboCop::Cop::Cop

Instance Method Details

#on_return(node) ⇒ Object

TODO: fix (return nil) on the NodePattern class def_node_matcher :return_nil_node?, ‘(return nil)’



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# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/style/return_nil.rb', line 45

def on_return(node)
  # Check Lint/NonLocalExitFromIterator first before this cop
  node.each_ancestor(:block, :def, :defs) do |n|
    break if scoped_node?(n)

    send_node, args_node, _body_node = *n

    # if a proc is passed to `Module#define_method` or
    # `Object#define_singleton_method`, `return` will not cause a
    # non-local exit error
    break if define_method?(send_node)

    next if args_node.children.empty?

    return nil if chained_send?(send_node)
  end

  add_offense(node) unless correct_style?(node)
end