rspec/rules/S2998/rule.adoc

== Why is this an issue?

A statement without side effects, such as creating an object without assigning its reference to a variable, is useless, and must have been a mistake on the developer's part. 


== Resources

* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/482[CWE-482 - Comparing instead of Assigning]

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== Implementation Specification
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=== Message

Refactor or remove this statement which has no side-effects.


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== Comments And Links
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=== on 4 Jun 2015, 12:01:48 Linda Martin wrote:
Such rule is covered by PyLint (\http://pylint-messages.wikidot.com/messages:w0104) and Google Closure (JSC_USELESS_CODE : \https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/docs/error-ref).

=== on 5 Jun 2015, 12:10:19 Ann Campbell wrote:
looks like I forgot to assign this back to you for review [~linda.martin]

=== on 11 Jun 2015, 08:18:21 Linda Martin wrote:
OK!


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migrate rule descriptions to new education format 2023-05-03 11:06:20 +02:00			`== Why is this an issue?`

Add all rules, update all rules fixing the inline code syntax 2020-12-21 15:38:52 +01:00			`A statement without side effects, such as creating an object without assigning its reference to a variable, is useless, and must have been a mistake on the developer's part.`


migrate rule descriptions to new education format 2023-05-03 11:06:20 +02:00			`== Resources`
Add all rules, update all rules fixing the inline code syntax 2020-12-21 15:38:52 +01:00
Modify CWE and OWASP Top 10 links to follow standard link format (APPSEC-1134) (#3529) * Fix all CWE references * Fix all OWASP references * Fix missing CWE prefixes 2024-01-15 17:15:56 +01:00			`* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/482[CWE-482 - Comparing instead of Assigning]`
Add all rules, update all rules fixing the inline code syntax 2020-12-21 15:38:52 +01:00
Add missing asciidoc includes 2022-01-25 18:36:46 +01:00			`ifdef::env-github,rspecator-view[]`

			`'''`
			`== Implementation Specification`
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Inline adoc when include has no additional value (#1940) Inline adoc files when they are included exactly once. Also fix language tags because this inlining gives us better information on what language the code is written in. 2023-05-25 14:18:12 +02:00			`=== Message`

			`Refactor or remove this statement which has no side-effects.`

Add missing asciidoc includes 2022-01-25 18:36:46 +01:00
			`'''`
			`== Comments And Links`
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Inline adoc when include has no additional value (#1940) Inline adoc files when they are included exactly once. Also fix language tags because this inlining gives us better information on what language the code is written in. 2023-05-25 14:18:12 +02:00			`=== on 4 Jun 2015, 12:01:48 Linda Martin wrote:`
			`Such rule is covered by PyLint (\http://pylint-messages.wikidot.com/messages:w0104) and Google Closure (JSC_USELESS_CODE : \https://developers.google.com/closure/compiler/docs/error-ref).`

			`=== on 5 Jun 2015, 12:10:19 Ann Campbell wrote:`
			`looks like I forgot to assign this back to you for review [~linda.martin]`

			`=== on 11 Jun 2015, 08:18:21 Linda Martin wrote:`
			`OK!`

Add missing asciidoc includes 2022-01-25 18:36:46 +01:00
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