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Function with too many parameters

Last modified: 03 December 2024

Reports a function with too many parameters. Such functions often indicate problems with design.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

OverlyComplexFunctionJS
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Function metrics

Use the field below to specify the maximum acceptable number of parameters for a function.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Function with too many parameters inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Function parameter limit

5

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

CLion 2024.3, GoLand 2024.3, IntelliJ IDEA 2024.3, JetBrains Rider 2024.3, PhpStorm 2024.3, PyCharm 2024.3, Qodana for .NET 2024.3, Qodana for Go 2024.3, Qodana for JS 2024.3, Qodana for JVM 2024.3, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, Qodana for Ruby 2024.3, RubyMine 2024.3, WebStorm 2024.3

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