Lint-InheritException.md

Pattern: Inheritance from Exception

Issue: -

Description

This rule looks for error classes inheriting from Exception and its standard library subclasses, excluding subclasses of StandardError. It is configurable to suggest using either RuntimeError (default) or StandardError instead.

Examples

# bad

class C < Exception; end

# EnforcedStyle: runtime_error (default)

# good

class C < RuntimeError; end

# EnforcedStyle: standard_error

# good

class C < StandardError; end

Default configuration

Attribute	Value
EnforcedStyle	runtime_error
SupportedStyles	runtime_error, standard_error

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Lint/InheritException