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Lint for unused empty function value

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#15.957 geöffnet am 26. Okt. 2025

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Beschreibung

What it does

Suggests turning let _unused = returns_nothing(); to returns_nothing();

Advantage

Increases code hygiene

Drawbacks

None

Example

let _unused: () = returns_nothing();

Could be written as:

returns_nothing();

Comparison with existing lints

No similar lints were found

Additional Context

A quick Github search shows around 116 thousand instances of the aforementioned example

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