Hi! Python scanner (4.7.0.2747) detects unused local variables accumulated with operators like +=, but failed on variables accumulated with min()/max() (or may be other functions without side effects): max_value = 0.0 avg_value = 0.0 for value_tag in value_tags: value = get_value(value_tag) #…

Hi! Sorry for the very late answer. You’re right, we could improve the rule to catch such cases. I created SONARPY-1062 to track this improvement. Thanks a lot for your suggestion!

Hey there. Are you using SonarCloud or SonarQube (if the latter, what version?)

Hi, Colin! We use SonarQube Developer Edition Version 9.4 (build 54424).

Hi, Pierre-Yves! Thank you for help!

Unused local variables should be removed and min()/max()

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Unused local variables should be removed and min()/max()

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