Issue with Layout/SpaceBeforeBrackets in the . [](key) form #14313
Description
Expected behavior
Hashes and Arrays can be accessed using the .[](key_or_index) syntax.
irb(main):001> array = [1]
=> [1]
irb(main):002> array.[](0)
=> 1
irb(main):003> array. [](0)
=> 1
Even when this syntax is used, I expect Layout/SpaceBeforeBrackets to properly detect the presence of the space and offer an appropriate autocorrection.
collection. [](index_or_key)
^ Remove the space before the opening brackets.
Actual behavior
However, when there is a space like this, it incorrectly reports the offense position.
collection. [](index_or_key)
^^ Remove the space before the opening brackets.
To make matters worse, when autocorrect is run, it transforms the code into one that results in a syntax error.
collection[](index_or_key)
Steps to reproduce the problem
I verified it using an RSpec example:
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_before_brackets_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_before_brackets_spec.rb
index d7bcd9f01..49b03d41e 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_before_brackets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_before_brackets_spec.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@ RSpec.describe RuboCop::Cop::Layout::SpaceBeforeBrackets, :config do
RUBY
end
+ it 'registers an offense and corrects when using space between dot and left bracket' do
+ expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+ collection. [](index_or_key)
+ ^ Remove the space before the opening brackets.
+ RUBY
+
+ expect_correction(<<~RUBY)
+ collection.[](index_or_key)
+ RUBY
+ end
+
it 'does not register an offense when using space between method call and left brackets' do
expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
do_something [item_of_array_literal]Failures:
1) RuboCop::Cop::Layout::SpaceBeforeBrackets when referencing registers an offense and corrects when using space between dot and left bracket
Failure/Error: expect(actual_annotations).to eq(expected_annotations), ''
Diff:
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
collection. [](index_or_key)
- ^ Remove the space before the opening brackets.
+ ^^ Remove the space before the opening brackets.
# ./lib/rubocop/rspec/expect_offense.rb:130:in 'RuboCop::RSpec::ExpectOffense#expect_offense'
# ./spec/rubocop/cop/layout/space_before_brackets_spec.rb:63:in 'block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
RuboCop version
$ bundle exec rubocop -V
1.76.2 (using Parser 3.3.8.0, rubocop-ast 1.45.1, analyzing as Ruby 2.7, running on ruby 3.4.2) [x86_64-linux]
- rubocop-performance 1.25.0
- rubocop-rake 0.7.1
- rubocop-rspec 3.6.0