Code smell: Avoid unneeded blocks

Replaced 45 occurances of

    (DEF)
        begin
            (LINES)
        rescue(.*)
            (LINES)
        end
    end

with

3 Examples:

    The code:
        def find(name)
            begin
                self.const_get(name.to_s.capitalize)
            rescue
                puts "Unable to find application '#{name.to_s}'."
                Kernel::exit(1)
            end
        end
    becomes:
        def find(name)
                self.const_get(name.to_s.capitalize)
        rescue
                puts "Unable to find application '#{name.to_s}'."
                Kernel::exit(1)
        end
    The code:
        def exit_on_fail(message, code = 1)
            begin
                yield
            rescue RuntimeError, NotImplementedError => detail
                puts detail.backtrace if Puppet[:trace]
                $stderr.puts "Could not #{message}: #{detail}"
                exit(code)
            end
        end
    becomes:
        def exit_on_fail(message, code = 1)
                yield
        rescue RuntimeError, NotImplementedError => detail
                puts detail.backtrace if Puppet[:trace]
                $stderr.puts "Could not #{message}: #{detail}"
                exit(code)
        end
    The code:
        def start
            begin
                case ssl
                when :tls
                    @connection = LDAP::SSLConn.new(host, port, true)
                when true
                    @connection = LDAP::SSLConn.new(host, port)
                else
                    @connection = LDAP::Conn.new(host, port)
                end
                @connection.set_option(LDAP::LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3)
                @connection.set_option(LDAP::LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, LDAP::LDAP_OPT_ON)
                @connection.simple_bind(user, password)
            rescue => detail
                raise Puppet::Error, "Could not connect to LDAP: #{detail}"
            end
        end
    becomes:
        def start
                case ssl
                when :tls
                    @connection = LDAP::SSLConn.new(host, port, true)
                when true
                    @connection = LDAP::SSLConn.new(host, port)
                else
                    @connection = LDAP::Conn.new(host, port)
                end
                @connection.set_option(LDAP::LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3)
                @connection.set_option(LDAP::LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS, LDAP::LDAP_OPT_ON)
                @connection.simple_bind(user, password)
        rescue => detail
                raise Puppet::Error, "Could not connect to LDAP: #{detail}"
        end

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/selmodule/semodule.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/selmodule/semodule.rb
index 0b72618ec..d6bf09a6a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/selmodule/semodule.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/selmodule/semodule.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:selmodule).provide(:semodule) do
     end
 
     def destroy
-        begin
             execoutput("#{command(:semodule)} --remove #{@resource[:name]}")
-        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
+    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
             raise Puppet::Error, "Could not remove policy module: #{detail}";
-        end
     end
 
     def exists?
@@ -47,11 +45,9 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:selmodule).provide(:semodule) do
     end
 
     def syncversion= (dosync)
-        begin
             execoutput("#{command(:semodule)} --upgrade #{selmod_name_to_filename}")
-        rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
+    rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
             raise Puppet::Error, "Could not upgrade policy module: #{detail}";
-        end
     end
 
     # Helper functions