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Class: RuboCop::Cop::Lint::AmbiguousRange

Relationships & Source Files
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain:
self, ::RuboCop::Cop::AutoCorrector, ::RuboCop::Cop::Base, ::RuboCop::ExcludeLimit, NodePattern::Macros, RuboCop::AST::Sexp
Instance Chain:
Inherits: RuboCop::Cop::Base
Defined in: lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb

Overview

Checks for ambiguous ranges.

Ranges have quite low precedence, which leads to unexpected behavior when using a range with other operators. This cop avoids that by making ranges explicit by requiring parenthesis around complex range boundaries (anything that is not a literal: numerics, strings, symbols, etc.).

This cop can be configured with RequireParenthesesForMethodChains in order to specify whether method chains (including self.foo) should be wrapped in parens by this cop.

Note
Regardless of this configuration, if a method receiver is a basic literal value, it will be wrapped in order to prevent the ambiguity of 1..2.to_a.

Examples:

# bad
x || 1..2
(x || 1..2)
1..2.to_a

# good, unambiguous
1..2
'a'..'z'
:bar..:baz
MyClass::MIN..MyClass::MAX
@min..@max
a..b
-a..b

# good, ambiguity removed
x || (1..2)
(x || 1)..2
(x || 1)..(y || 2)
(1..2).to_a

RequireParenthesesForMethodChains: false (default)

# good
a.foo..b.bar
(a.foo)..(b.bar)

RequireParenthesesForMethodChains: true

# bad
a.foo..b.bar

# good
(a.foo)..(b.bar)

Cop Safety Information:

  • The cop autocorrects by wrapping the entire boundary in parentheses, which makes the outcome more explicit but is possible to not be the intention of the programmer. For this reason, this cop’s autocorrect is unsafe (it will not change the behavior of the code, but will not necessarily match the intent of the program).

Constant Summary

::RuboCop::Cop::Base - Inherited

EMPTY_OFFENSES, RESTRICT_ON_SEND

Class Attribute Summary

::RuboCop::Cop::AutoCorrector - Extended

::RuboCop::Cop::Base - Inherited

.gem_requirements, .lint?,
.support_autocorrect?

Returns if class supports autocorrect.

.support_multiple_source?

Override if your cop should be called repeatedly for multiple investigations Between calls to on_new_investigation and on_investigation_end, the result of processed_source will remain constant.

Class Method Summary

::RuboCop::Cop::Base - Inherited

.autocorrect_incompatible_with

List of cops that should not try to autocorrect at the same time as this cop.

.badge

Naming.

.callbacks_needed, .cop_name, .department,
.documentation_url

Returns a url to view this cops documentation online.

.exclude_from_registry

Call for abstract Cop classes.

.inherited,
.joining_forces

Override and return the Force class(es) you need to join.

.match?

Returns true if the cop name or the cop namespace matches any of the given names.

.new,
.requires_gem

Register a version requirement for the given gem name.

.restrict_on_send

::RuboCop::ExcludeLimit - Extended

exclude_limit

Sets up a configuration option to have an exclude limit tracked.

transform

Instance Attribute Summary

Instance Method Summary

::RuboCop::Cop::RationalLiteral - Included

::RuboCop::Cop::Base - Inherited

#add_global_offense

Adds an offense that has no particular location.

#add_offense

Adds an offense on the specified range (or node with an expression) Unless that offense is disabled for this range, a corrector will be yielded to provide the cop the opportunity to autocorrect the offense.

#begin_investigation

Called before any investigation.

#callbacks_needed,
#cop_config

Configuration Helpers.

#cop_name, #excluded_file?,
#external_dependency_checksum

This method should be overridden when a cop’s behavior depends on state that lives outside of these locations:

#inspect,
#message

Gets called if no message is specified when calling add_offense or add_global_offense Cops are discouraged to override this; instead pass your message directly.

#name

Alias for Base#cop_name.

#offenses,
#on_investigation_end

Called after all on_…​

#on_new_investigation

Called before all on_…​

#on_other_file

Called instead of all on_…​

#parse

There should be very limited reasons for a Cop to do it’s own parsing.

#parser_engine,
#ready

Called between investigations.

#relevant_file?, #target_rails_version, #target_ruby_version, #annotate, #apply_correction, #attempt_correction,
#callback_argument

Reserved for Cop::Cop.

#complete_investigation

Called to complete an investigation.

#correct, #current_corrector,
#current_offense_locations

Reserved for Commissioner:

#current_offenses, #currently_disabled_lines, #custom_severity, #default_severity, #disable_uncorrectable, #enabled_line?, #file_name_matches_any?, #find_message, #find_severity, #range_for_original, #range_from_node_or_range,
#reset_investigation

Actually private methods.

#use_corrector

::RuboCop::Cop::AutocorrectLogic - Included

::RuboCop::Cop::IgnoredNode - Included

Constructor Details

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

Instance Attribute Details

#require_parentheses_for_method_chain?Boolean (readonly, private)

[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 102

def require_parentheses_for_method_chain?
  !cop_config['RequireParenthesesForMethodChains']
end

Instance Method Details

#acceptable?(node) ⇒ Boolean (private)

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# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 84

def acceptable?(node)
  node.begin_type? ||
    node.literal? || rational_literal?(node) ||
    node.variable? || node.const_type? || node.self_type? ||
    (node.call_type? && acceptable_call?(node))
end

#acceptable_call?(node) ⇒ Boolean (private)

[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 92

def acceptable_call?(node)
  return true if node.unary_operation?

  # Require parentheses when making a method call on a literal
  # to avoid the ambiguity of `1..2.to_a`.
  return false if node.receiver&.basic_literal?

  require_parentheses_for_method_chain? || node.receiver.nil?
end

#each_boundary(range) {|range.begin| ... } (private)

Yields:

  • (range.begin)
[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 78

def each_boundary(range)
  yield range.begin if range.begin
  yield range.end if range.end
end

#on_erange(node)

Alias for #on_irange.

[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 74

alias on_erange on_irange

#on_irange(node) Also known as: #on_erange

[ GitHub ]

  
# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/ambiguous_range.rb', line 65

def on_irange(node)
  each_boundary(node) do |boundary|
    next if acceptable?(boundary)

    add_offense(boundary) do |corrector|
      corrector.wrap(boundary, '(', ')')
    end
  end
end