In his case, the guard clause is completely appropriate, because "super" is "the rest of the method" the guard clause is protecting. It's not a filter method, it's a selective render method.
Unless they couldn't, and the linter does a good job. ;-)
def enhance_payload(payload)
payload[:h] = thing_h
if situation_one?
payload[:a] = thing_a
payload[:b] = thing_b
end
if situation_two?
payload[:x] = thing_x
payload[:y] = thing_y
end
end
def enhance_payload(payload)
payload[:h] = thing_h
if situation_one?
payload[:a] = thing_a
payload[:b] = thing_b
end
return unless situation_two?
payload[:x] = thing_x
payload[:y] = thing_y
end
If you can't think of examples, then you haven't been doing much thinking.