phan / phan/phan

Plugin idea: Warn about adjacent assignment statements from same pure function/method with the same args

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Description

$i = strlen($s1);
$j = strlen($s1);
/// ...
// for ArrayObject, etc.
$len1 = $a1->count();
$len2 = $a1->count();

Check that args aren't part of the assignment target

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating Phan's plugin and assignment-analysis infrastructure, then review how pure functions and methods are identified. Done means reporting adjacent repeated calls with the same arguments while excluding arguments that are part of the assignment target, as in the provided PHP examples.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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