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'when' has only 'else' branch and can be simplified

Reports when expressions with only an else branch that can be simplified.

Simplify expression quick-fix can be used to amend the code automatically.

Example:

fun redundant() { val x = when { // <== redundant, the quick-fix simplifies the when expression to "val x = 1" else -> 1 } }

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Kotlin, @snapshot@

Last modified: 13 July 2023