rspec/rules/S2205/rule.adoc

It is simpler and clearer to return a variable than it is to test the variable and then return its value as a literal. 


== Noncompliant Code Example

[source,text]
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  if (var == null) {
    return null;
  }
  return var;
}
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== Compliant Solution

[source,text]
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  return var;
}
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