prefer_ conditional_ assignment
The 'if' statement could be replaced by a null-aware assignment.
Description
#
The analyzer produces this diagnostic when an assignment to a variable is
conditional based on whether the variable has the value null and the
??= operator could be used instead.
Example
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The following code produces this diagnostic because the parameter s is
being compared to null in order to determine whether to assign a
different value:
int f(String? s) {
if (s == null) {
s = '';
}
return s.length;
}
Common fixes
#Use the ??= operator instead of an explicit if statement:
int f(String? s) {
s ??= '';
return s.length;
}
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