Unused function or method call result
Reports calls to certain functions and methods that do not handle a call result.
An API of such functions imply that users should call them mostly to get a return value and process it, not for side effects. Calls that do not handle the result could be an indication of a misuse of the API.
Example:
fmt.Errorf("error: %s", reason) // constructed error is ignored
After the Introduce local variable quick-fix is applied:
err := fmt.Errorf("error: %s", reason)
Locating this inspection
- By ID
Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.
GoUnusedCallResult- Via Settings dialog
Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.
Inspection ID: GoUnusedCallResult
Inspection options
Here you can find the description of settings available for the Unused function or method call result inspection, and the reference of their default values.
- Reported functions/methods
Default value:
None- String methods
Option ID:
myMethodsDefault value:
[Error, String]
Suppressing Inspection
You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:
More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:
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Can be installed with plugin: | Go, 252.26654.0 |