Why you should care
If the receiver of a method is unused, do not give it a name. It’s more readable because it’s clear that the receiver is not used in method.
How we detect
CAST Highlight counts one occurrence each time a receiver is named and is not used in the method.
// Don't do this:
func (f foo) method() {
...
}
// Do this :
func (foo) method() {
...
}
References
About CAST and Highlight’s Code Insights
Over the last 25 years, CAST has leveraged unique knowledge on software quality measurement by analyzing thousands of applications and billions of lines of code. Based on this experience and community standards on programming best practices, Highlight implements hundreds of code insights across 15+ technologies to calculate health factors of a software.