Duplicate method call

Object Pascal — Delphi & Free Pascal

Info

Performance

Calling the same function three or more times wastes cycles when the result is stable

calling the same function three or more times wastes cycles when the result is stable.

Why this severity

calling the same function three or more times wastes cycles when the result is stable.

Known false positives

functions with side effects that must be called each time.

Remediation example

var
  Count: Integer;
begin
  Count := List.GetCount;
  // reuse Count instead of calling GetCount repeatedly

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