Unused nested function or class detected PTC-W0065
Anti-pattern
Major
3 months ago
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3 months old
preprocess_signal is not used inside function process_real_time_data 9 signal_data = np.loadtxt(file_path)
10 return signal_data
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12 def preprocess_signal(signal_data):13 # Preprocess the signal data (e.g., normalize, remove noise)
14 preprocessed_data =...
15 return preprocessed_dataload_radio_signal is not used inside function process_real_time_data 5
6def process_real_time_data(data_stream):
7 # Load and preprocess the radio signal data in real-time
8 def load_radio_signal(file_path): 9 signal_data = np.loadtxt(file_path)
10 return signal_data
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Description
This issue concerns that one or more nested classes/functions have been declared but are nowhere used in the function.
A class or function defined inside a function is only accessible inside its parent function scope. It is recommended either to remove the unused classes and functions as it is a dead code or refactor it to use them.
Note: DeepSource will remove all the unused nested definitions during Autofix.
Bad practice
def run():
def total_time():
return Something
class Runner:
def __init__(time):
pass
Preferred
def run():
def total_time():
return Something
class Runner:
def __init__(time):
...
t = total_time()
bill = Runner(t)
...