.. _useless-return:

useless-return / R1711
======================

**Message emitted:**

``Useless return at end of function or method``

**Description:**

*Emitted when a single "return" or "return None" statement is found at the end of function or method definition. This statement can safely be removed because Python will implicitly return None*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/useless-return/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/useless-return/good.py
   :language: python





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