FrOData::Properties::DateTime assumes too much for instance variable '@value' Open
class DateTime < FrOData::Property
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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.
FrOData::Properties::DateTime#value performs a nil-check Open
if (@value.nil? || @value.empty?) && allows_nil?
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A NilCheck
is a type check. Failures of NilCheck
violate the "tell, don't ask" principle.
Additionally, type checks often mask bigger problems in your source code like not using OOP and / or polymorphism when you should.
Example
Given
class Klass
def nil_checker(argument)
if argument.nil?
puts "argument isn't nil!"
end
end
end
Reek would emit the following warning:
test.rb -- 1 warning:
[3]:Klass#nil_checker performs a nil-check. (NilCheck)
Method value
has a Cognitive Complexity of 6 (exceeds 5 allowed). Consider refactoring. Open
def value
if (@value.nil? || @value.empty?) && allows_nil?
nil
else
begin
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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
FrOData::Properties::DateTime#parse_value performs a nil-check Open
return value if value.nil? && allows_nil?
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A NilCheck
is a type check. Failures of NilCheck
violate the "tell, don't ask" principle.
Additionally, type checks often mask bigger problems in your source code like not using OOP and / or polymorphism when you should.
Example
Given
class Klass
def nil_checker(argument)
if argument.nil?
puts "argument isn't nil!"
end
end
end
Reek would emit the following warning:
test.rb -- 1 warning:
[3]:Klass#nil_checker performs a nil-check. (NilCheck)
FrOData::Properties::DateTime#validate performs a nil-check Open
return if value.nil? && allows_nil?
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A NilCheck
is a type check. Failures of NilCheck
violate the "tell, don't ask" principle.
Additionally, type checks often mask bigger problems in your source code like not using OOP and / or polymorphism when you should.
Example
Given
class Klass
def nil_checker(argument)
if argument.nil?
puts "argument isn't nil!"
end
end
end
Reek would emit the following warning:
test.rb -- 1 warning:
[3]:Klass#nil_checker performs a nil-check. (NilCheck)
Use the return of the conditional for variable assignment and comparison. Open
if value.is_a?(date_class)
parsed_value = value
else
parsed_value = date_class.parse(value)
end
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Prefer single-quoted strings when you don't need string interpolation or special symbols. Open
"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
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Checks if uses of quotes match the configured preference.
Example: EnforcedStyle: single_quotes (default)
# bad
"No special symbols"
"No string interpolation"
"Just text"
# good
'No special symbols'
'No string interpolation'
'Just text'
"Wait! What's #{this}!"
Example: EnforcedStyle: double_quotes
# bad
'Just some text'
'No special chars or interpolation'
# good
"Just some text"
"No special chars or interpolation"
"Every string in #{project} uses double_quotes"
Missing space after #
. Open
#'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%L'
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This cop checks whether comments have a leading space after the
#
denoting the start of the comment. The leading space is not
required for some RDoc special syntax, like #++
, #--
,
#:nodoc
, =begin
- and =end
comments, "shebang" directives,
or rackup options.
Example:
# bad
#Some comment
# good
# Some comment
Avoid rescuing without specifying an error class. Open
rescue
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This cop checks for rescuing StandardError
. There are two supported
styles implicit
and explicit
. This cop will not register an offense
if any error other than StandardError
is specified.
Example: EnforcedStyle: implicit
# `implicit` will enforce using `rescue` instead of
# `rescue StandardError`.
# bad
begin
foo
rescue StandardError
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue OtherError
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue StandardError, SecurityError
bar
end
Example: EnforcedStyle: explicit (default)
# `explicit` will enforce using `rescue StandardError`
# instead of `rescue`.
# bad
begin
foo
rescue
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue StandardError
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue OtherError
bar
end
# good
begin
foo
rescue StandardError, SecurityError
bar
end
Redundant begin
block detected. Open
begin
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This cop checks for redundant begin
blocks.
Currently it checks for code like this:
Example:
def redundant
begin
ala
bala
rescue StandardError => e
something
end
end
def preferred
ala
bala
rescue StandardError => e
something
end
Line is too long. [90/80] Open
validation_error "Value '#{value}' is not a date time format that can be parsed"
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