.. _unnecessary-ellipsis:

unnecessary-ellipsis / W2301
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**Message emitted:**

``Unnecessary ellipsis constant``

**Description:**

*Used when the ellipsis constant is encountered and can be avoided. A line of code consisting of an ellipsis is unnecessary if there is a docstring on the preceding line or if there is a statement in the same scope.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/unnecessary-ellipsis/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/unnecessary-ellipsis/good.py
   :language: python





Created by the `unnecessary_ellipsis <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/pylint/checkers/ellipsis_checker.py>`__ checker.