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Unused output variable #60

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anderseknert opened this issue Mar 27, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #922
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Unused output variable #60

anderseknert opened this issue Mar 27, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #922

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foo {
	some x
	input[x]
}

Even in strict mode, OPA considers x to be "used", as it's referenced somewhere. Howver, unless x is referenced later in the rule (or in the rule head) it's not really used, and the above could be replaced by:

foo {
	input[_]
}

Or

foo {
	some _ in input
}
@anderseknert anderseknert changed the title Extended check for unused variables Unused output variable Aug 10, 2023
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Adding to this:

allow if {
	some i, x in input.message
}

Both i and x are unused here, but there's no warnings from neither OPA strict mode nor Regal.

anderseknert added a commit that referenced this issue Jul 17, 2024
One of the rules I've wanted since the project was started, but not until
now would this have been wildly expensive to add. With the recent fixes
that allow us to reuse the result of `walk`ing the AST, that's no longer
the case. Still, this required quite some time and effort to get right!

NOTE: this rule currently only considers output variables as found in
references, i.e. `x` in  `input[x]` and NOT `x` in `some x, _ in input`.
While that would be easy to add, I'm not sure if those are really "output
variables" or should be considered as such... 🤔 or if we should just have
another rules for "unused iteration variable" or something like that.
Either way, this is a big step forward!

Fixes #60

Signed-off-by: Anders Eknert <[email protected]>
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