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S1939 — Inheritance list should not be redundant

Language: C#  |  Type: CODE_SMELL  |  Severity: Minor

Tags: clumsy

Why is this an issue?

An inheritance list entry is redundant if:

Such redundant declarations should be removed because they needlessly clutter the code and can be confusing.

Noncompliant code example

public class MyClass : Object  // Noncompliant

enum MyEnum : int  // Noncompliant

Compliant solution

public class MyClass

enum MyEnum