This cop checks if the length of a method exceeds some maximum value. Comment lines can optionally be ignored. The maximum allowed length is configurable.

This cop checks that the ABC size of methods is not higher than the configured maximum. The ABC size is based on assignments, branches (method calls), and conditions. See http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbcMetric

This cop checks that the cyclomatic complexity of methods is not higher than the configured maximum. The cyclomatic complexity is the number of linearly independent paths through a method. The algorithm counts decision points and adds one.

An if statement (or unless or ?:) increases the complexity by one. An else branch does not, since it doesn't add a decision point. The && operator (or keyword and) can be converted to a nested if statement, and ||/or is shorthand for a sequence of ifs, so they also add one. Loops can be said to have an exit condition, so they add one.

This cop tries to produce a complexity score that's a measure of the complexity the reader experiences when looking at a method. For that reason it considers when nodes as something that doesn't add as much complexity as an if or a &&. Except if it's one of those special case/when constructs where there's no expression after case. Then the cop treats it as an if/elsif/elsif... and lets all the when nodes count. In contrast to the CyclomaticComplexity cop, this cop considers else nodes as adding complexity.

Example:

def my_method                   # 1
  if cond                       # 1
    case var                    # 2 (0.8 + 4 * 0.2, rounded)
    when 1 then func_one
    when 2 then func_two
    when 3 then func_three
    when 4..10 then func_other
    end
  else                          # 1
    do_something until a && b   # 2
  end                           # ===
end                             # 7 complexity points

Cognitive Complexity

Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.

A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:

• Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
• Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
• Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"

Further reading

• Cognitive Complexity docs
• Cognitive Complexity: A new way of measuring understandability

This cop checks for missing documentation comment for public methods. It can optionally be configured to also require documentation for non-public methods.

Example:

# bad

class Foo
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

module Foo
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

def foo.bar
  puts baz
end

# good

class Foo
  # Documentation
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

module Foo
  # Documentation
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

# Documentation
def foo.bar
  puts baz
end

Checks for if expressions that do not have an else branch. SupportedStyles

if

Example:

# bad
if condition
  statement
end

case

Example:

# bad
case var
when condition
  statement
end

Example:

# good
if condition
  statement
else
# the content of the else branch will be determined by Style/EmptyElse
end

This cop checks the args passed to fail and raise. For exploded style (default), it recommends passing the exception class and message to raise, rather than construct an instance of the error. It will still allow passing just a message, or the construction of an error with more than one argument.

The exploded style works identically, but with the addition that it will also suggest constructing error objects when the exception is passed multiple arguments.

Example: EnforcedStyle: exploded (default)

# bad
raise StandardError.new("message")

# good
raise StandardError, "message"
fail "message"
raise MyCustomError.new(arg1, arg2, arg3)
raise MyKwArgError.new(key1: val1, key2: val2)

Example: EnforcedStyle: compact

# bad
raise StandardError, "message"
raise RuntimeError, arg1, arg2, arg3

# good
raise StandardError.new("message")
raise MyCustomError.new(arg1, arg2, arg3)
fail "message"

This cop checks for missing top-level documentation of classes and modules. Classes with no body are exempt from the check and so are namespace modules - modules that have nothing in their bodies except classes, other modules, or constant definitions.

The documentation requirement is annulled if the class or module has a "#:nodoc:" comment next to it. Likewise, "#:nodoc: all" does the same for all its children.

Example:

# bad
class Person
  # ...
end

# good
# Description/Explanation of Person class
class Person
  # ...
end

Use symbols as procs when possible.

Example:

# bad
something.map { |s| s.upcase }

# good
something.map(&:upcase)

This cop checks presence of parentheses in method calls containing parameters. By default, macro methods are ignored. Additional methods can be added to the IgnoredMethods list.

Example:

# bad
array.delete e

# good
array.delete(e)

# good
# Operators don't need parens
foo == bar

# good
# Setter methods don't need parens
foo.bar = baz

# okay with `puts` listed in `IgnoredMethods`
puts 'test'

# IgnoreMacros: true (default)

# good
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

# IgnoreMacros: false

# bad
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

This cop checks whether some constant value isn't a mutable literal (e.g. array or hash).

Example:

# bad
CONST = [1, 2, 3]

# good
CONST = [1, 2, 3].freeze

This cop checks for missing documentation comment for public methods. It can optionally be configured to also require documentation for non-public methods.

Example:

# bad

class Foo
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

module Foo
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

def foo.bar
  puts baz
end

# good

class Foo
  # Documentation
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

module Foo
  # Documentation
  def bar
    puts baz
  end
end

# Documentation
def foo.bar
  puts baz
end

This cop checks for missing top-level documentation of classes and modules. Classes with no body are exempt from the check and so are namespace modules - modules that have nothing in their bodies except classes, other modules, or constant definitions.

The documentation requirement is annulled if the class or module has a "#:nodoc:" comment next to it. Likewise, "#:nodoc: all" does the same for all its children.

Example:

# bad
class Person
  # ...
end

# good
# Description/Explanation of Person class
class Person
  # ...
end

This cop checks presence of parentheses in method calls containing parameters. By default, macro methods are ignored. Additional methods can be added to the IgnoredMethods list.

Example:

# bad
array.delete e

# good
array.delete(e)

# good
# Operators don't need parens
foo == bar

# good
# Setter methods don't need parens
foo.bar = baz

# okay with `puts` listed in `IgnoredMethods`
puts 'test'

# IgnoreMacros: true (default)

# good
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

# IgnoreMacros: false

# bad
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

This cop checks presence of parentheses in method calls containing parameters. By default, macro methods are ignored. Additional methods can be added to the IgnoredMethods list.

Example:

# bad
array.delete e

# good
array.delete(e)

# good
# Operators don't need parens
foo == bar

# good
# Setter methods don't need parens
foo.bar = baz

# okay with `puts` listed in `IgnoredMethods`
puts 'test'

# IgnoreMacros: true (default)

# good
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

# IgnoreMacros: false

# bad
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

Checks that block braces have or don't have a space before the opening brace depending on configuration.

Example:

# bad
foo.map{ |a|
  a.bar.to_s
}

# good
foo.map { |a|
  a.bar.to_s
}

This cop checks presence of parentheses in method calls containing parameters. By default, macro methods are ignored. Additional methods can be added to the IgnoredMethods list.

Example:

# bad
array.delete e

# good
array.delete(e)

# good
# Operators don't need parens
foo == bar

# good
# Setter methods don't need parens
foo.bar = baz

# okay with `puts` listed in `IgnoredMethods`
puts 'test'

# IgnoreMacros: true (default)

# good
class Foo
  bar :baz
end

# IgnoreMacros: false

# bad
class Foo
  bar :baz
end