As software grows, code undergoes changes and refactorings, leading to forgotten code that no longer makes sense in the project, known as dead code. Dead code is syntactically valid but not used by any part of the code, causing indirect problems like outdated libraries, legacy code, code bloat, and security vulnerabilities. An example of dead code is a function that exists in the codebase and is not reachable. The Go team introduced a solution, the deadcode tool, which finds dead code by running from the main function. The tool reports all unused functions, making it easy to find and remove dead code. The deadcode tool is useful to run after project changes and keeps the code lean and relevant.
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