[Python-projects] pylint bug (unreachable code)

[Sylvain Thénault]

Le Tuesday 03 March 2009 00:16:04 Vincent Legoll, vous avez écrit :
> Hello,

Hi,

> In the following code:
>
> ======================
> def a():
>         try:
>                 return
>         except:
>                 return
>
>         raise Exception('a')
> ======================
>
> Pylint does not report unreachable code, whereas
> if we remove the try / except from around the return,
> it does...
>
> Is this an already known deficiency ?

nop

> Is this not detectable ?

it's not detected right now, but I think it should be detectable... I've added 
a ticket for this: http://www.logilab.org/ticket/8355

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