Fix critical IndentationError preventing script execution#369
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Remove unreachable dead code after return statement that caused syntax error. The code after 'return False' on line 936 was unreachable and contained an empty 'for' loop that prevented the script from running at all. Error: IndentationError: expected an indented block after 'for' statement on line 940 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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😎 Merged manually by @abhimehro - details. |
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes a critical IndentationError that prevented the script from executing at all. The error was caused by unreachable dead code in the validate_hostname() function introduced in PR #317. The fix removes four lines of dead code that appeared after a return False statement, including an empty for loop that caused the syntax error.
Changes:
- Removes unreachable dead code (lines 938-940) from the
validate_hostname()function that caused an IndentationError
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Critical bug: Missing return True statement after successful domain validation.
When a domain name is validated and all resolved IPs pass the security checks (lines 922-931), the for loop completes without an explicit return statement. This causes the function to implicitly return None instead of True, breaking the contract of the boolean return type.
The function needs a return True after line 931 (after the for loop, inside the try block starting at line 918) to properly handle the success case when all IPs are valid.
This bug causes all valid domain names (like "example.com") to be treated as invalid, breaking tests in tests/test_hostname_validation.py lines 21, 25, and 29 which expect True to be returned.
Problem
The script has a critical syntax error that prevents it from running at all:
This was introduced in PR #317 (commit 22add21).
Root Cause
Lines 938-940 in
validate_hostname()function contain unreachable dead code after areturn Falsestatement:The empty
forloop on line 940 triggers an IndentationError because Python expects an indented block after theforstatement.Solution
Remove the unreachable dead code (lines 938-940).
Testing
python3 -m py_compile main.pypasses (was failing before)Impact
Before: Script cannot run at all - immediate syntax error on import
After: Script runs normally
This is a critical bugfix that unblocks all script functionality.