The Go Blog Functions that are part of your project’s source code but can never be reached in any execution are called “dead code”, and they exert a drag on codebase maintenance efforts. Today we’re pleased to share a tool named deadcode to help you identify them. $ go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/deadcode@latest $ deadcode -help The deadcode command reports unreachable functions in Go programs. Usage: deadcode [flags] package... Example Over the last year or so, we’ve been making a lot of cha...