Empty declaration

Reports empty declarations.

Empty declarations have no effect. If you remove them, you might improve code readability.

Example:

func main() {
 const () // empty declaration
}

You can apply the Delete empty declaration quick-fix to remove this declaration.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GoEmptyDeclaration

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Go | Declaration redundancy

Last modified: 18 June 2024