Class: RuboCop::Cop::Lint::FloatComparison

Inherits:
Base
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/rubocop/cop/lint/float_comparison.rb

Overview

This cop checks for the presence of precise comparison of floating point numbers.

Floating point values are inherently inaccurate, and comparing them for exact equality is almost never the desired semantics. Comparison via the ‘==/!=` operators checks floating-point value representation to be exactly the same, which is very unlikely if you perform any arithmetic operations involving precision loss.

Examples:

# bad
x == 0.1
x != 0.1

# good - using BigDecimal
x.to_d == 0.1.to_d

# good
(x - 0.1).abs < Float::EPSILON

# good
tolerance = 0.0001
(x - 0.1).abs < tolerance

# Or some other epsilon based type of comparison:
# https://www.embeddeduse.com/2019/08/26/qt-compare-two-floats/

Constant Summary collapse

MSG = 
'Avoid (in)equality comparisons of floats as they are unreliable.'
EQUALITY_METHODS = 
%i[== != eql? equal?].freeze
FLOAT_RETURNING_METHODS = 
%i[to_f Float fdiv].freeze
FLOAT_INSTANCE_METHODS = 
%i[@- abs magnitude modulo next_float prev_float quo].to_set.freeze
RESTRICT_ON_SEND = 
EQUALITY_METHODS

Constants included from Util

Util::LITERAL_REGEX

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Base

#config, #processed_source

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Base

#add_global_offense, #add_offense, autocorrect_incompatible_with, badge, #callbacks_needed, callbacks_needed, #config_to_allow_offenses, #config_to_allow_offenses=, #cop_config, #cop_name, cop_name, department, documentation_url, exclude_from_registry, #excluded_file?, #external_dependency_checksum, inherited, #initialize, joining_forces, lint?, match?, #message, #offenses, #on_investigation_end, #on_new_investigation, #on_other_file, #ready, #relevant_file?, support_autocorrect?, support_multiple_source?, #target_rails_version, #target_ruby_version

Methods included from AutocorrectLogic

#autocorrect?, #autocorrect_enabled?, #autocorrect_requested?, #correctable?, #disable_uncorrectable?, #safe_autocorrect?

Methods included from IgnoredNode

#ignore_node, #ignored_node?, #part_of_ignored_node?

Methods included from Util

add_parentheses, args_begin, args_end, begins_its_line?, comment_line?, comment_lines?, double_quotes_required?, escape_string, first_part_of_call_chain, indent, interpret_string_escapes, line_range, needs_escaping?, on_node, parentheses?, same_line?, to_string_literal, to_supported_styles, trim_string_interporation_escape_character

Methods included from PathUtil

absolute?, hidden_dir?, hidden_file?, hidden_file_in_not_hidden_dir?, match_path?, maybe_hidden_file?, relative_path, smart_path

Constructor Details

This class inherits a constructor from RuboCop::Cop::Base

Instance Method Details

#on_send(node) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rubocop/cop/lint/float_comparison.rb', line 40

def on_send(node)
  lhs, _method, rhs = *node
  add_offense(node) if float?(lhs) || float?(rhs)
end