dead-function-finder 1.1

Utility to find dead functions within a codebase.

Utility to locate functions that are declared but never used in a codebase.

Languages supported

• Python

• PHP

Installation

Using PIP

pip3 install dead-function-finder

From sources

git clone https://github.com/gabfl/dead_function_finder.git && cd dead_function_finder
pip3 install .

Usage

dead_function_finder --path "~/my/codebase" --language python

# Specific patterns can be excluded with --exclude:
dead_function_finder --path "~/my/codebase" --language python --exclude '/venv/,/unittest/'

Limitations

• The program searches for unique function names; it is not currently aware of class context.

• Functions called with magic methods or whose names are dynamically resolved might result in false positives.