blank-line-after-terminal-control-block¶

Collection: blank-lines Autofix: Yes Python: Any

Require separation after control blocks whose body exits early.

Message¶

Missing blank line after terminal control-flow block.

Settings¶

Setting	Description	Type	Default
allow_compact_guard_ladders	Allow compact guard-ladder terminal branches without an extra blank line.	bool	True

Valid examples¶

def normalize(value: str | None) -> str:
    if value is None:
        return ""

    cleaned = value.strip()
    return cleaned

def shell_args(shell_name: str, interactive: bool) -> list[str]:
    if shell_name == "zsh":
        return ["-lic"]
    if interactive:
        return ["-ic"]
    return ["-lc"]

def consume(name: str) -> str:
    parts: list[str] = []
    index = 0
    while index < len(name):
        ch = name[index]
        if ch in {"'", '"'}:
            end = _consume_quoted_segment(name, index)
            parts.append(name[index:end])
            index = end
            continue

        parts.append(ch)
        index += 1

    return "".join(parts)

def collect(values: list[int]) -> list[int]:
    result: list[int] = []
    for value in values:
        if value < 0:
            continue

        result.append(value)

    return result

def render(parser: object, capsys: object) -> object:
    try:
        parser.run()
    except SystemExit:
        pass
    out = capsys.readouterr()
    return out

Invalid examples¶

def normalize(value: str | None) -> str:
    if value is None:
        return ""
    cleaned = value.strip()
    return cleaned

Suggested fix

def normalize(value: str | None) -> str:
    if value is None:
        return ""

    cleaned = value.strip()
    return cleaned

def collect(values: list[int]) -> list[int]:
    result: list[int] = []
    for value in values:
        if value < 0:
            continue
        result.append(value)

    return result

Suggested fix

def collect(values: list[int]) -> list[int]:
    result: list[int] = []
    for value in values:
        if value < 0:
            continue

        result.append(value)

    return result

def parse(text: str) -> object:
    try:
        return json.loads(text)
    except ValueError:
        pass
    parsed = tomllib.loads(text)
    return parsed

Suggested fix

def parse(text: str) -> object:
    try:
        return json.loads(text)
    except ValueError:
        pass

    parsed = tomllib.loads(text)
    return parsed