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26<h1>WarnUnusedAnomalies</h1>\r
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31<div class="paragraph"><p>The <span class="monospaced">warnUnused</span> <a href="MLBasisAnnotations">MLBasis annotation</a> can be used\r
32to report unused identifiers. This can be useful for catching bugs\r
33and for code maintenance (e.g., eliminating dead code). However, the\r
34<span class="monospaced">warnUnused</span> annotation can sometimes behave in counter-intuitive\r
35ways. This page gives some of the anomalies that have been reported.</p></div>\r
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38<p>\r
39Functions whose only uses are recursive uses within their bodies are\r
40not warned as unused:\r
41</p>\r
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43<div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">local</span><span class="w"></span>\r
44<span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">foo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">foo</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
45<span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bar</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">let</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">baz</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">baz</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">baz</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
46<span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r
47<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
48</pre></div></div></div>\r
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51<pre>Warning: z.sml 3.5.\r
52 Unused variable: bar.</pre>\r
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56<p>\r
57Components of actual functor argument that are necessary to match\r
58the functor argument signature but are unused in the body of the\r
59functor are warned as unused:\r
60</p>\r
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62<div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">functor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Warning</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r
63<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"></span>\r
64<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
65<span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Warning</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r
66</pre></div></div></div>\r
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68<div class="content monospaced">\r
69<pre>Warning: z.sml 4.29.\r
70 Unused type: t.</pre>\r
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73<li>\r
74<p>\r
75No component of a functor result is warned as unused. In the\r
76following, the only uses of <span class="monospaced">f2</span> are to match the functor argument\r
77signatures of <span class="monospaced">functor G</span> and <span class="monospaced">functor H</span> and there are no uses of\r
78<span class="monospaced">z</span>:\r
79</p>\r
80<div class="listingblock">\r
81<div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">functor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">F</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sig</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r
82<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"></span>\r
83<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
84<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
85<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
86<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
87<span class="k">functor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">G</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sig</span><span class="w"></span>\r
88<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"></span>\r
89<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
90<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
91<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
92<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r
93<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">g</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"></span>\r
94<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
95<span class="k">functor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">H</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sig</span><span class="w"></span>\r
96<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"></span>\r
97<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
98<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
99<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>\r
100<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r
101<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">h</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">t</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"></span>\r
102<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
103<span class="k">functor</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Z</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r
104<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">S</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">F</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">X</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">type</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">t</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r
105<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">SG</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">G</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">S</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r
106<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">SH</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">H</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Y</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">S</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r
107<span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r
108<span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">U</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Z</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
109<span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">U</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">SG</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">g</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
110<span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">U</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">SH</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"></span>\r
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