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Sometimes when refactoring a method, the use of a transient local variable is removed, but the deletion of the variable in the epilog may be missed. It would be useful if the detection of unused local variables could detect if the only use of a variable is a delete.
Blake De'Ath
This was also asked for in the comments for original idea (https://jedi.ideas.jadeworld.com/ideas/JAD-I-177)
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In the TOI it was mentioned this scenario would be still classified as a 'used' variable. I wonder if this should be redefined as removing dead code?
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