Warn on unused function arguments
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Description
Ref https://github.com/PyCQA/pyflakes/issues/147
In many cases, unused function arguments are bugs. As such detection behavior would be inappropriate in Pyflakes per the above, the best place to implement such a rule would be here, analogous to the existing B007.
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Research direction
Start by locating the existing B007 implementation and its tests, then compare how this plugin defines and reports similar warnings. Implement the unused-function-argument rule in the analogous location and add coverage for the intended detection behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100