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Remove Unreachable Code

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Sourcery refactoring id: remove-unreachable-code

Section titled “Sourcery refactoring id: remove-unreachable-code”

Description:

Section titled “Description:”

Removes code that will never be executed

Before:

Section titled “Before:”
for a in b:
    do_a()
    continue
    do_x()
    do_y()

After:

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for a in b:
    do_a()
    continue

Explanation:

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Statements after a continue, return or raise will never be executed. Leaving them in the code confuses the reader, who may believe that these statements have some effect. They should therefore be removed.