Jump statements (return
, break
, continue
, and raise
) move control flow out of the current code
block. So any statements that come after a jump are dead code.
Noncompliant code example
def fun(a):
i = 10
return i + a # Noncompliant
i += 1 # this is never executed
Compliant solution
def fun(a):
i = 10
return i + a