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=== Exceptions

This rule ignores initializations to `-1`, `0`, `1`, `None`, `True`, `False` and `""`.
No issue will be raised on unpacked variables.

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=== Code examples

==== Noncompliant code example

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=noncompliant]
----
def func(a, b, compute):
    i = a + b  # Noncompliant; calculation result not used before value is overwritten
    i = compute()
    return i
----

==== Compliant solution

[source,python,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant]
----
def func(a, b, compute):
    i = a + b
    i += compute()
    return i
----

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=== Related rules

* S1763 - All code should be reachable
* S3516 - Functions returns should not be invariant
* S3626 - Jump statements should not be redundant

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