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defmodule Credo.Check.Warning.NameRedeclarationByCase do
@moduledoc """
Names assigned to choices in a `case` statement should not be the same as
names of functions in the same module or in `Kernel`.
Example:
def handle_something(foo, bar) do
case foo do
nil -> bar
time ->
Logger.debug "Request handled"
time # are we talking about time/0 or the value of foo here?
end
end
def time do
TimeHelper.now
end
This might not seem like a big deal, especially for small functions.
But there is no downside to avoiding it, especially in the case of functions
with arity `/0` and Kernel functions.
True story: You might pattern match on a parameter geniusly called `node`.
Then you remove that match for some reason and rename the parameter to `_node`
because it is no longer used.
Later you reintroduce the pattern match on `node` but forget to also rename
`_node` and suddenly the match is actually against `Kernel.node/0` and has the
weirdest side effects.
This happens. I mean, to a friend of mine, it did. Who ... later told me.
"""
@explanation [check: @moduledoc]
@kernel_fun_names [
:abs,
:apply,
:binary_part,
:bit_size,
:byte_size,
:div,
:elem,
:exit,
:function_exported?,
:get_and_update_in,
:get_in,
:hd,
:inspect,
:is_atom,
:is_binary,
:is_bitstring,
:is_boolean,
:is_float,
:is_function,
:is_integer,
:is_list,
:is_map,
:is_number,
:is_pid,
:is_port,
:is_reference,
:is_tuple,
:length,
:macro_exported?,
:make_ref,
:map_size,
:max,
:min,
:node,
:not,
:put_elem,
:put_in,
:rem,
:round,
:self,
:send,
:spawn,
:spawn_link,
:spawn_monitor,
:struct,
:throw,
:tl,
:trunc,
:tuple_size,
:update_in,
]
@kernel_macro_names [
:alias!,
:and,
:binding,
:def,
:defdelegate,
:defexception,
:defimpl,
:defmacro,
:defmacrop,
:defmodule,
:defoverridable,
:defp,
:defprotocol,
:defstruct,
:destructure,
:get_and_update_in,
:if,
:in,
:is_nil,
:match?,
:or,
:put_in,
:raise,
:reraise,
:sigil_C,
:sigil_R,
:sigil_S,
:sigil_W,
:sigil_c,
:sigil_r,
:sigil_s,
:sigil_w,
:to_char_list,
:to_string,
:unless,
:update_in,
:use,
:var!,
]
@excluded_names [:_, :sigil_r, :sigil_R]
alias Credo.Code.Block
alias Credo.Code.Module
use Credo.Check, base_priority: :high
def run(source_file, params \\ []) do
issue_meta = IssueMeta.for(source_file, params)
Credo.Code.traverse(source_file, &traverse(&1, &2, issue_meta, @excluded_names))
|> List.flatten
|> Enum.reject(&is_nil/1)
end
defp traverse({:defmodule, _, _} = ast, issues, issue_meta, excluded_names) do
def_names = Module.def_names_with_op(ast)
issues =
issues ++ Credo.Code.traverse(ast, &mod_traverse(&1, &2, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names))
{ast, issues}
end
defp traverse(ast, issues, _issue_meta, _excluded_names) do
{ast, issues}
end
defp mod_traverse({:case, _meta, [_condition, _rhs]} = ast, issues, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
block = Block.do_block_for!(ast)
case issue_for(block, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
nil -> {ast, issues}
list when is_list(list) -> {ast, issues ++ list}
new_issue -> {ast, issues ++ [new_issue]}
end
end
defp mod_traverse(ast, issues, _issue_meta, _def_names, _excluded_names) do
{ast, issues}
end
def issue_for({:->, _meta2, [lhs, _rhs]}, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
issue_for(lhs, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names)
end
def issue_for({:%{}, _meta2, keywords}, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
keywords
|> Enum.map(fn
{_lhs, rhs} ->
issue_for(rhs, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names)
_ ->
nil
end)
end
def issue_for({:{}, _meta2, tuple_list}, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
issue_for(tuple_list, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names)
end
def issue_for({:%, _meta, [{:__aliases__, _meta1, _mod}, map]}, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
issue_for(map, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names)
end
def issue_for({name, meta, _}, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) do
def_name_with_op =
def_names
|> Enum.find(fn({def_name, _op}) -> def_name == name end)
cond do
excluded_names |> Enum.member?(name) ->
nil
def_name_with_op ->
what =
case def_name_with_op do
{_, :def} -> "a function in the same module"
{_, :defp} -> "a private function in the same module"
{_, :defmacro} -> "a macro in the same module"
_ -> "ERROR"
end
create_issue(meta[:line], name, what, issue_meta)
@kernel_fun_names |> Enum.member?(name) ->
create_issue(meta[:line], name, "the `Kernel.#{name}` function", issue_meta)
@kernel_macro_names |> Enum.member?(name) ->
create_issue(meta[:line], name, "the `Kernel.#{name}` macro", issue_meta)
true ->
nil
end
end
def issue_for(list, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) when is_list(list) do
list
|> Enum.map(&issue_for(&1, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names))
end
def issue_for(tuple, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names) when is_tuple(tuple) do
tuple
|> Tuple.to_list
|> Enum.map(&issue_for(&1, issue_meta, def_names, excluded_names))
end
def issue_for(_, _, _, _) do
nil
end
defp create_issue(line_no, trigger, what, issue_meta) do
format_issue issue_meta,
message: "Variable `#{trigger}` has same name as #{what}.",
trigger: trigger,
line_no: line_no
end
end