Empty statement (EmptyStatement)¶
| Type | Scope | Severity | Activated by default |
Minutes to fix |
Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Code smell |
BSLOS |
Info |
Yes |
1 |
badpractice |
Description¶
An empty statement is an operator consisting only of a semicolon (";"). Usually appears when:
- refactoring, when the developer deleted a part of the code, but forgot to delete the last ";"
- "copy paste", when the developer pasted the copied code containing the final character ";"
- inattentive, when the developer twice (or even more) times clicked the symbol ";"
An empty statement does not lead to code errors, but clutters it, reducing perception.
Snippets¶
Diagnostic ignorance in code¶
// BSLLS:EmptyStatement-off
// BSLLS:EmptyStatement-on
Parameter for config¶
"EmptyStatement": false