CAT 020

CAT-020 — IO::Memory for unread output

Severity: warning • Confidence: high • Auto-fix: ✅

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This rule supports auto-fix via --fix

Description

IO::Memory for unread output — Creating an IO::Memory just to build a string that's immediately passed to a sink is wasteful. Use String.build instead.

Bad code

io = IO::Memory.new
io << "hello"
io.to_s

Good code

String.build { |io| io << "hello" }

Performance Impact

Tip

This rule can significantly improve performance in hot code paths.

Benchmark

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See bench results at bench/cat-020/