Lint-ShadowedException.md

Pattern: Shadowed rescued exception

Issue: -

Description

This rule checks for a rescued exception that get shadowed by a less specific exception being rescued before a more specific exception is rescued.

Examples

# bad

begin
  something
rescue Exception
  handle_exception
rescue StandardError
  handle_standard_error
end

# good

begin
  something
rescue StandardError
  handle_standard_error
rescue Exception
  handle_exception
end

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Lint/ShadowedException