Empty For Block
ID |
kotlin.empty_for_block |
Severity |
low |
Remediation Complexity |
trivial |
Remediation Risk |
low |
Remediation Effort |
low |
Resource |
Reliability |
Language |
Kotlin |
Tags |
empty, loop |
Description
Reports for loops whose body is empty.
A for (item in collection) { } iterates over the range or collection but performs no work on each element, which is almost always a typo or the result of an incomplete refactoring where the body was accidentally removed.
Rationale
// Bad — empty body, no element processed
for (item in items) { } // FLAW
// Bad — range iterated but nothing done
for (i in 0..10) { } // FLAW
// Good — non-empty body
for (item in items) {
process(item)
}Remediation
Either fill in the missing body, or remove the for loop entirely if the iteration was no longer needed after a refactoring.