Overview

This is simple script for removal of dead code from python source files. The software support only two situations:

1. 'if True:' or 'if False:' block of code
2. multiple return statements at main level of function For example if you have:

def function():
    if False:
        print("DEV OPTIONS")
        return 0
    if True:
        print("PRODUCTION MODE")
        return 1
    print("VERY DEAD CODE")
    return -1

It will be converted (at ast level) into:

def function():
    print("PRODUCTION MODE")
    return 1
    print("VERY DEAD CODE")
    return -1

and then to

def function():
    print("PRODUCTION MODE")
    return 1

Motivation

I found several programs which are able to detect dead code but unfortunately I could not find any which can remove dead code so I did my own

Requirement

Python 3.9 or higher (ast.unparse was added in Python 3.9)