[Adjust Rule] SIM300 false positive with literals on both sides

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[Adjust Rule] SIM300 false positive with literals on both sides #155

Open ghost opened 1 year ago

ghost commented 1 year ago

Desired change

Rule(s): SIM300
Adjustment: Don't trigger if both sides of a comparison are literals

Explanation

These comparisons are pointless, but swapping them around (only to be told to swap them around again after) is also pointless.

Example

Example 1

if "a" == "b":
    pass

SIM300: Use '"b" == "a"' instead of '"a" == "b"' (Yoda-conditions)

Example 2

if 1 == 2:
    pass

SIM300: Use '2 == 1' instead of '1 == 2' (Yoda-conditions)

MartinThoma commented 1 year ago

Hm... Although the error message is misleading, I would still say that such code should be fixed. Instead of comparing constants, I'd recommend to use the result of the comparison directly. Or do you see a case where you would want to keep the constant comparison?