RecurringTodos::RecurringTodosBuilder has at least 7 instance variables Open
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Too Many Instance Variables
is a special case of LargeClass
.
Example
Given this configuration
TooManyInstanceVariables:
max_instance_variables: 3
and this code:
class TooManyInstanceVariables
def initialize
@arg_1 = :dummy
@arg_2 = :dummy
@arg_3 = :dummy
@arg_4 = :dummy
end
end
Reek would emit the following warning:
test.rb -- 5 warnings:
[1]:TooManyInstanceVariables has at least 4 instance variables (TooManyInstanceVariables)
RecurringTodos::RecurringTodosBuilder has no descriptive comment Open
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Classes and modules are the units of reuse and release. It is therefore considered good practice to annotate every class and module with a brief comment outlining its responsibilities.
Example
Given
class Dummy
# Do things...
end
Reek would emit the following warning:
test.rb -- 1 warning:
[1]:Dummy has no descriptive comment (IrresponsibleModule)
Fixing this is simple - just an explaining comment:
# The Dummy class is responsible for ...
class Dummy
# Do things...
end
RecurringTodos::RecurringTodosBuilder assumes too much for instance variable '@new_project_created' Open
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Classes should not assume that instance variables are set or present outside of the current class definition.
Good:
class Foo
def initialize
@bar = :foo
end
def foo?
@bar == :foo
end
end
Good as well:
class Foo
def foo?
bar == :foo
end
def bar
@bar ||= :foo
end
end
Bad:
class Foo
def go_foo!
@bar = :foo
end
def foo?
@bar == :foo
end
end
Example
Running Reek on:
class Dummy
def test
@ivar
end
end
would report:
[1]:InstanceVariableAssumption: Dummy assumes too much for instance variable @ivar
Note that this example would trigger this smell warning as well:
class Parent
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
@omg
end
end
The way to address the smell warning is that you should create an attr_reader
to use @omg
in the subclass and not access @omg
directly like this:
class Parent
attr_reader :omg
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
omg
end
end
Directly accessing instance variables is considered a smell because it breaks encapsulation and makes it harder to reason about code.
If you don't want to expose those methods as public API just make them private like this:
class Parent
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
private
attr_reader :omg
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
omg
end
end
Current Support in Reek
An instance variable must:
- be set in the constructor
- or be accessed through a method with lazy initialization / memoization.
If not, Instance Variable Assumption will be reported.
RecurringTodos::RecurringTodosBuilder assumes too much for instance variable '@new_context_created' Open
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Classes should not assume that instance variables are set or present outside of the current class definition.
Good:
class Foo
def initialize
@bar = :foo
end
def foo?
@bar == :foo
end
end
Good as well:
class Foo
def foo?
bar == :foo
end
def bar
@bar ||= :foo
end
end
Bad:
class Foo
def go_foo!
@bar = :foo
end
def foo?
@bar == :foo
end
end
Example
Running Reek on:
class Dummy
def test
@ivar
end
end
would report:
[1]:InstanceVariableAssumption: Dummy assumes too much for instance variable @ivar
Note that this example would trigger this smell warning as well:
class Parent
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
@omg
end
end
The way to address the smell warning is that you should create an attr_reader
to use @omg
in the subclass and not access @omg
directly like this:
class Parent
attr_reader :omg
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
omg
end
end
Directly accessing instance variables is considered a smell because it breaks encapsulation and makes it harder to reason about code.
If you don't want to expose those methods as public API just make them private like this:
class Parent
def initialize(omg)
@omg = omg
end
private
attr_reader :omg
end
class Child < Parent
def foo
omg
end
end
Current Support in Reek
An instance variable must:
- be set in the constructor
- or be accessed through a method with lazy initialization / memoization.
If not, Instance Variable Assumption will be reported.
RecurringTodos::RecurringTodosBuilder#valid_selector? doesn't depend on instance state (maybe move it to another class?) Open
def valid_selector?(selector)
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A Utility Function is any instance method that has no dependency on the state of the instance.
%w
-literals should be delimited by [
and ]
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%w{end_date start_from}.each { |date| @attributes.parse_date date }
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This cop enforces the consistent usage of %
-literal delimiters.
Specify the 'default' key to set all preferred delimiters at once. You can continue to specify individual preferred delimiters to override the default.
Example:
# Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
# PreferredDelimiters:
# default: '[]'
# '%i': '()'
# good
%w[alpha beta] + %i(gamma delta)
# bad
%W(alpha #{beta})
# bad
%I(alpha beta)
%w
-literals should be delimited by [
and ]
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%w{daily weekly monthly yearly}.include?(selector)
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This cop enforces the consistent usage of %
-literal delimiters.
Specify the 'default' key to set all preferred delimiters at once. You can continue to specify individual preferred delimiters to override the default.
Example:
# Style/PercentLiteralDelimiters:
# PreferredDelimiters:
# default: '[]'
# '%i': '()'
# good
%w[alpha beta] + %i(gamma delta)
# bad
%W(alpha #{beta})
# bad
%I(alpha beta)
The use of eval
is a serious security risk. Open
eval("RecurringTodos::#{selector.capitalize}RecurringTodosBuilder.new(@user, @attributes)", binding, __FILE__, __LINE__)
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This cop checks for the use of Kernel#eval
and Binding#eval
.
Example:
# bad
eval(something)
binding.eval(something)
Missing magic comment # frozen_string_literal: true
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This cop is designed to help upgrade to Ruby 3.0. It will add the
comment # frozen_string_literal: true
to the top of files to
enable frozen string literals. Frozen string literals may be default
in Ruby 3.0. The comment will be added below a shebang and encoding
comment. The frozen string literal comment is only valid in Ruby 2.3+.
Example: EnforcedStyle: when_needed (default)
# The `when_needed` style will add the frozen string literal comment
# to files only when the `TargetRubyVersion` is set to 2.3+.
# bad
module Foo
# ...
end
# good
# frozen_string_literal: true
module Foo
# ...
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: always
# The `always` style will always add the frozen string literal comment
# to a file, regardless of the Ruby version or if `freeze` or `<<` are
# called on a string literal.
# bad
module Bar
# ...
end
# good
# frozen_string_literal: true
module Bar
# ...
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: never
# The `never` will enforce that the frozen string literal comment does
# not exist in a file.
# bad
# frozen_string_literal: true
module Baz
# ...
end
# good
module Baz
# ...
end
Redundant return
detected. Open
return @builder.save
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This cop checks for redundant return
expressions.
Example:
def test
return something
end
def test
one
two
three
return something
end
It should be extended to handle methods whose body is if/else or a case expression with a default branch.
Line is too long. [126/120] Open
eval("RecurringTodos::#{selector.capitalize}RecurringTodosBuilder.new(@user, @attributes)", binding, __FILE__, __LINE__)
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