Style-OrAssignment.md

Pattern: Missing use of ||=

Issue: -

Description

This rule checks for potential usage of the ||= operator.

Examples

# bad
name = name ? name : 'Bozhidar'

# bad
name = 'Bozhidar' unless name

# good - set name to 'Bozhidar', only if it's nil or false
name ||= 'Bozhidar'

Further Reading

• RuboCop - Style/OrAssignment
• https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide#double-pipe-for-uninit