EmptyLinesAroundBody at start of class

[lenntt]

Hi,

Though I like the EmptyLinesAroundBody cop checking for white lines before an 'end', there is a situation where I dont like the check at the beginning of a block, namely after a class definition.

It sometimes clashes with the rule 'having white lines around a "private" statement', when e.g. EmptyLinesAroundBody doesnt allow:

class Foo

  private

  def bar
   end
end

Also, more of a personal preference, I like a white line between a class definitions and attr_reader etc..

So my suggestion is: have a special configuration for disabling the cop at the start of a class or module.

[bbatsov]

Sometimes? This code won't trigger an offence:

class Foo
  private

  def bar
  end
end

I'll consider your request, but I find it pretty odd to start a definition with leading blank lines.

[lenntt]

I agree it doesnt trigger a rubocop offence, however, the ruby style guide says:

Indent the public, protected, and private methods as much the method definitions they apply to. Leave one blank line above the visibility modifier and one blank line below in order to emphasize that it applies to all methods below it.

[kalabiyau]

we have custom cop for that. It is indeed very specific style, anyway

https://gist.github.com/kalabiyau/57a6767d9ac35604e60a

[jonas054]

@SirLenz0rlot I confused two issues and closed this one with my commit, which doesn't implement what you asked for. So I'm reopening. If and when we close this one, it should be a conscious decision.

[bbatsov]

No activity for one year, guess there's little interest in adding this feature. I'll close the ticket.