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Reorganize practices around files out of the "Exceptions" section
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=== Standard Exceptions [[standard-exceptions]]

Prefer the use of exceptions from the standard library over introducing new exception classes.

== Files

=== Reading from a file [[file-read]]

Use the convenience methods `File.read` or `File.binread` when only reading a file start to finish in a single operation.
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FileUtils.rm_f(path)
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=== Standard Exceptions [[standard-exceptions]]
=== Null Devices [[null-devices]]

Prefer the use of exceptions from the standard library over introducing new exception classes.
Use the platform independent null device (`File::NULL`) rather than hardcoding a value (`/dev/null` on Unix-like OSes, `NUL` or `NUL:` on Windows).

[source,ruby]
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# bad - hardcoded devices are platform specific
File.open("/dev/null", 'w') { ... }

# bad - unnecessary ternary can be replaced with `File::NULL`
File.open(Gem.win_platform? ? 'NUL' : '/dev/null', 'w') { ... }

# good - platform independent
File.open(File::NULL, 'w') { ... }
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== Assignment & Comparison

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