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/**
* @name Unused local variable
* @description Local variable is defined but not used
* @kind problem
* @tags maintainability
* useless-code
* external/cwe/cwe-563
* @problem.severity recommendation
* @sub-severity high
* @precision very-high
* @id py/unused-local-variable
*/
import python
import Definition
predicate unused_local(Name unused, LocalVariable v) {
forex(Definition def | def.getNode() = unused |
def.getVariable() = v and
def.isUnused() and
not exists(def.getARedef()) and
not exists(annotation_without_assignment(v)) and
def.isRelevant() and
not v = any(Nonlocal n).getAVariable() and
not exists(def.getNode().getParentNode().(FunctionDef).getDefinedFunction().getADecorator()) and
not exists(def.getNode().getParentNode().(ClassDef).getDefinedClass().getADecorator())
)
}
/**
* Gets any annotation of the local variable `v` that does not also reassign its value.
*
* TODO: This predicate should not be needed. Rather, annotated "assignments" that do not actually
* assign a value should not result in the creation of an SSA variable (which then goes unused).
*/
private AnnAssign annotation_without_assignment(LocalVariable v) {
result.getTarget() = v.getAStore() and
not exists(result.getValue())
}
from Name unused, LocalVariable v
where
unused_local(unused, v) and
// If unused is part of a tuple, count it as unused if all elements of that tuple are unused.
forall(Name el | el = unused.getParentNode().(Tuple).getAnElt() | unused_local(el, _))
select unused, "Variable " + v.getId() + " is not used."