W0101

Message

Unreachable code

Description

Used when there is some code behind a return or raise statement, which will never be accessed.

Explanation

In a method or function, processing of commands stops after a return or raise statement, and control is given back to the code that called the function/method. Any code in a function placed after such a statement will never be accessed.

If we have this function:

def function(value):
    return True
    print value

The code print value is placed after the end of the function (the return statement) and thus will never be executed.


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