Empty block of code found PTC-W0047
Anti-pattern
Major
2 years ago
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2 years old
Body doesn't contain any code
177
178def consume(iterable: t.Iterable[t.Any]) -> None:
179 """Consumes an iterable without doing anything with it."""
180 for _ in iterable:181 pass
182
183
Description
In most cases, an empty body of for, while or if implies some piece of code is missing.
Such empty block must be either filled or removed.
Bad practice
for i in range(10):
pass
Preferred:
for i in range(10):
print(i)