Change AllowComments of Lint/SuppressedException to true by default

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 ### Changes
 
 * [#7797](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/7797): Allow unicode-display_width dependency version 1.7.0. ([@yuritomanek][])
+* [#7779](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7779): Change `AllowComments` option of `Lint/SuppressedException` to true by default. ([@koic][])
 
 ## 0.80.1 (2020-02-29)
 

config/default.yml

@@ -1712,9 +1712,9 @@ Lint/SuppressedException:
   Description: "Don't suppress exceptions."
   StyleGuide: '#dont-hide-exceptions'
   Enabled: true
-  AllowComments: false
+  AllowComments: true
   VersionAdded: '0.9'
-  VersionChanged: '0.77'
+  VersionChanged: '0.81'
 
 Lint/Syntax:
   Description: 'Checks syntax error.'

lib/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Cop
     module Lint
       # This cop checks for *rescue* blocks with no body.
       #
-      # @example AllowComments: false (default)
+      # @example
       #
       #   # bad
       #   def some_method
@@ -14,25 +14,11 @@ module Lint
       #   end
       #
       #   # bad
-      #   def some_method
-      #     do_something
-      #   rescue
-      #     # do nothing
-      #   end
-      #
-      #   # bad
       #   begin
       #     do_something
       #   rescue
       #   end
       #
-      #   # bad
-      #   begin
-      #     do_something
-      #   rescue
-      #     # do nothing
-      #   end
-      #
       #   # good
       #   def some_method
       #     do_something
@@ -47,32 +33,36 @@ module Lint
       #     handle_exception
       #   end
       #
-      # @example AllowComments: true
+      # @example AllowComments: true (default)
       #
-      #   # bad
+      #   # good
       #   def some_method
       #     do_something
       #   rescue
+      #     # do nothing
       #   end
       #
-      #   # bad
+      #   # good
       #   begin
       #     do_something
       #   rescue
+      #     # do nothing
       #   end
       #
-      #   # good
+      # @example AllowComments: false
+      #
+      #   # bad
       #   def some_method
       #     do_something
       #   rescue
-      #     # do nothing but comment
+      #     # do nothing
       #   end
       #
-      #   # good
+      #   # bad
       #   begin
       #     do_something
       #   rescue
-      #     # do nothing but comment
+      #     # do nothing
       #   end
       class SuppressedException < Cop
         MSG = 'Do not suppress exceptions.'

lib/rubocop/formatter/clang_style_formatter.rb

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def report_offense(file, offense)
 
           report_line(offense.location)
           report_highlighted_area(offense.highlighted_area)
-        rescue IndexError # rubocop:disable Lint/SuppressedException
+        rescue IndexError
           # range is not on a valid line; perhaps the source file is empty
         end
       end

lib/rubocop/formatter/tap_formatter.rb

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def report_offense(file, offense)
 
           report_line(offense.location)
           report_highlighted_area(offense.highlighted_area)
-        rescue IndexError # rubocop:disable Lint/SuppressedException
+        rescue IndexError
           # range is not on a valid line; perhaps the source file is empty
         end
       end

lib/rubocop/processed_source.rb

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def tokenize(parser)
         ast, comments, tokens = parser.tokenize(@buffer)
 
         ast.respond_to?(:complete!) && ast.complete!
-      rescue Parser::SyntaxError # rubocop:disable Lint/SuppressedException
+      rescue Parser::SyntaxError
         # All errors are in diagnostics. No need to handle exception.
       end
 

manual/cops_lint.md

@@ -2279,41 +2279,25 @@ end
 
 Enabled by default | Safe | Supports autocorrection | VersionAdded | VersionChanged
 --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
-Enabled | Yes | No | 0.9 | 0.77
+Enabled | Yes | No | 0.9 | 0.81
 
 This cop checks for *rescue* blocks with no body.
 
 ### Examples
 
-#### AllowComments: false (default)
-
 ```ruby
 # bad
 def some_method
   do_something
 rescue
 end
 
-# bad
-def some_method
-  do_something
-rescue
-  # do nothing
-end
-
 # bad
 begin
   do_something
 rescue
 end
 
-# bad
-begin
-  do_something
-rescue
-  # do nothing
-end
-
 # good
 def some_method
   do_something
@@ -2328,41 +2312,46 @@ rescue
   handle_exception
 end
 ```
-#### AllowComments: true
+#### AllowComments: true (default)
 
 ```ruby
-# bad
+# good
 def some_method
   do_something
 rescue
+  # do nothing
 end
 
-# bad
+# good
 begin
   do_something
 rescue
+  # do nothing
 end
+```
+#### AllowComments: false
 
-# good
+```ruby
+# bad
 def some_method
   do_something
 rescue
-  # do nothing but comment
+  # do nothing
 end
 
-# good
+# bad
 begin
   do_something
 rescue
-  # do nothing but comment
+  # do nothing
 end
 ```
 
 ### Configurable attributes
 
 Name | Default value | Configurable values
 --- | --- | ---
-AllowComments | `false` | Boolean
+AllowComments | `true` | Boolean
 
 ### References