PY3.R1724

No else continue

Used in order to highlight an unnecessary block of code following an if containing a continue statement. As such, it will warn when it encounters an else following a chain of if s, all of them containing a continue statement.

Noncompliant Code:

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def even_number_under(n: int):
    for i in range(n):
        if i%2 == 1:
            continue
        else:
            yield i

Compliant Code:

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def even_number_under(n: int):
    for i in range(n):
        if i%2 == 1:
            continue
        yield i

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