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Avoid Brain Methods (Methods Doing Too Many Tasks)

Ensure that methods perform a single, well-defined task. Large methods should be refactored into smaller, focused methods.

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Why this matters

A method that performs too many operations becomes difficult to understand, maintain, and reuse. Large methods should be broken down into smaller, focused methods.

Bad vs. good

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Avoid Duplicating String Literals
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Avoid Redundant `None` Comparisons
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Avoid Functions That Always Return the Same Value
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Why this matters

Bad vs. good

Related rules

Avoid Duplicating String Literals

Avoid Redundant `None` Comparisons

Avoid Functions That Always Return the Same Value

Why this matters

Bad vs. good

Related rules

Avoid Duplicating String Literals

Avoid Redundant `None` Comparisons

Avoid Functions That Always Return the Same Value