Self assignment

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports expressions that are assigned to themselves.

Such assignments have no effect, removing them might improve code readability.

Example:

func importedVarSelfAssignment() {
 http.ErrNotSupported = http.ErrNotSupported
}

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.

GoSelfAssignment
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

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

GoLand 2024.3, Qodana for Go 2024.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Go, 243.23131