Empty 'else' block
Reports empty else blocks. While occasionally intentional, empty else blocks usually indicate coding errors and can make debugging difficult.
Use the Ignore 'else' blocks with comments checkbox to define whether else blocks containing only comments count.
Inspired by 'Ruby Style Guide'
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
RubyEmptyElseBlockInspection- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
Inspection ID: RubyEmptyElseBlockInspection
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Empty 'else' block inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Ignore 'else' blocks with comments
Option ID:
m_includeCommentsDefault value:
Selected
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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