Dead Code

Code in the App that does not get executed.

This can happen when substantial changes are made to an App by an App Developer and the App Developer did not carefully clean up after those changes, or if some new features were partially implemented and could not be completed prior to a release.

Dead code generally increases resource consumption, increases the attack surface for potential attacks, and makes it harder for App Creators and others to understand or continue developing the App.

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