View Source Credo.Check.Warning.UnusedEnumOperation (Credo v1.7.5)

Basics

This check is enabled by default.

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This check has a base priority of high and works with any version of Elixir.

Explanation

With the exception of Enum.each/2, the result of a call to the Enum module's functions has to be used.

While this is correct ...

def prepend_my_username(my_username, usernames) do
  usernames = Enum.reject(usernames, &is_nil/1)

  [my_username] ++ usernames
end

... we forgot to save the downcased username in this example:

# This is bad because it does not modify the usernames variable!

def prepend_my_username(my_username, usernames) do
  Enum.reject(usernames, &is_nil/1)

  [my_username] ++ usernames
end

Since Elixir variables are immutable, Enum operations never work on the variable you pass in, but return a new variable which has to be used somehow (the exception being Enum.each/2 which iterates a list and returns :ok).

Check-Specific Parameters

There are no specific parameters for this check.

General Parameters

Like with all checks, general params can be applied.

Parameters can be configured via the .credo.exs config file.