Note, this can fragment the code and make it harder to understand... 
(http://number-none.com/blow/john_carmack_on_inlined_code.html)

As for the tool:

guru can give you the callers of a function, so you might be able to derive 
something from it.

+ Egon

On Friday, 11 August 2017 10:39:16 UTC+3, dc0d wrote:
>
> "When you feel the need to write a comment, first try to refactor the code 
> so that any comment becomes superfluous."
> - Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts 
> (1999) Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Addison-Wesley.
>
> Based on this practice, the code below (this code's sole purpose is to 
> demonstrate):
>
> func sampleSloppyFuncForDescribingThisSpecificProblem(data *Data, p *DLO) 
> error {
>     if !isNameOK(data.FirstName, data.MiddleName, data.LastName) {
>         return errInvalidName
>     }
>
>     if !isAddressOK(data.Address1, data.Address2) {
>         return errInvalidAddress
>     }
>
>     if !isPhoneOK(data.PhoneNumber, data.MobileNumber) {
>         return errInvalidPhone
>     }
>
>     p.Address1 = data.Address1
>     p.Address2 = data.Address2
>     p.BirthDate = data.BirthDate
>     p.FirstName = data.FirstName
>     p.LastName = data.LastName
>     p.MiddleName = data.MiddleName
>     p.MobileNumber = data.MobileNumber
>     p.PhoneNumber = data.PhoneNumber
>
>     return nil
> }
>
> Can get refactored to (instead of adding comments):
>
> func sampleSloppyFuncForDescribingThisSpecificProblem(data *Data, p *DLO) 
> error {
>     if err := validateData(data); err != nil {
>         return err
>     }
>
>     transferData(data, p)
>
>     return nil
> }
>
> func validateData(data *Data) error {
>     if !isNameOK(data.FirstName, data.MiddleName, data.LastName) {
>         return errInvalidName
>     }
>
>     if !isAddressOK(data.Address1, data.Address2) {
>         return errInvalidAddress
>     }
>
>     if !isPhoneOK(data.PhoneNumber, data.MobileNumber) {
>         return errInvalidPhone
>     }
>
>     return nil
> }
>
> func transferData(data *Data, p *DLO) {
>     p.Address1 = data.Address1
>     p.Address2 = data.Address2
>     p.BirthDate = data.BirthDate
>     p.FirstName = data.FirstName
>     p.LastName = data.LastName
>     p.MiddleName = data.MiddleName
>     p.MobileNumber = data.MobileNumber
>     p.PhoneNumber = data.PhoneNumber
> }
>
> Now the sole purpose of functions validateData and transferData is 
> providing a clean and more descriptive code. They should appear only in one 
> place in the code inside the body of 
> sampleSloppyFuncForDescribingThisSpecificProblem. This is what I need to 
> check.
>
> On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 8:57:46 AM UTC+4:30, Henry wrote:
>>
>> I don't fully understand the problem, but if you need a quick and dirty 
>> way to ensure a function is called exactly once, you can always use a 
>> global variable, have the function checks the variable when the function is 
>> called. If the function is called the first time, it will set the variable. 
>> If the function has been called more than once, it should panic and returns 
>> the stacktrace.
>>
>> On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 3:02:47 AM UTC+7, dc0d wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there a tool/linter to check if a private package function gets 
>>> called exactly once *in the code*? (I'm not looking for a runtime 
>>> solution like *sync.Once* but a code analysis tool/linter).
>>>
>>> Purpose: A guideline on commenting code by Martin Fowler states that 
>>> before writing a comment, see if it is possible to put that part inside a 
>>> meaningful function. I've followed that guideline for sometime and it helps 
>>> to have a cleaner code base. But those explanatory functions should get 
>>> called only from where that they are meant to make it more clear.
>>>
>>

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