Lint-RescueType.md

Pattern: Wrong rescue argument

Issue: -

Description

Check for arguments to rescue that will result in a TypeError if an exception is raised.

Examples

# bad
begin
  bar
rescue nil
  baz
end

# bad
def foo
  bar
rescue 1, 'a', "#{b}", 0.0, [], {}
  baz
end

# good
begin
  bar
rescue
  baz
end

# good
def foo
  bar
rescue NameError
  baz
end

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Lint/RescueType