ManageIQ/manageiq

Checks for useless method definitions, specifically: empty constructors and methods just delegating to super.

Safety:

This cop is unsafe as it can register false positives for cases when an empty constructor just overrides the parent constructor, which is bad anyway.

Example:

# bad
def initialize
  super
end

def method
  super
end

# good - with default arguments
def initialize(x = Object.new)
  super
end

# good
def initialize
  super
  initialize_internals
end

def method(*args)
  super(:extra_arg, *args)
end

Checks for the use of Marshal class methods which have potential security issues leading to remote code execution when loading from an untrusted source.

Example:

# bad
Marshal.load("{}")
Marshal.restore("{}")

# good
Marshal.dump("{}")

# okish - deep copy hack
Marshal.load(Marshal.dump({}))