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Rule proposal: no-unused-private-class-members #4571

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To complement the original no-unused-private-class-members rule which works with typescript but doesn't detect the private keyword:

Private class members that are declared and not used anywhere in the code are most likely an error due to incomplete refactoring. Such class members take up space in the code and can lead to confusion by readers.

— From: https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-unused-private-class-members#no-unused-private-class-members

See also: eslint/eslint#14859.

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class Foo {
    #unusedMember: number;
    private anotherUnusedMember: number;
}

class Foo {
    #usedOnlyInWrite: number;

    constructor(private anotherUsedOnlyInWrite: number) {
        // noop
    }

    method() {
        this.#usedOnlyInWrite = 42;
    }
}

class Foo {
    #usedOnlyToUpdateItself = 5;

    method() {
        this.#usedOnlyToUpdateItself++;
    }
}

class Foo {
    #unusedMethod() {}
    private anotherUnusedMethod() {}
}

class Foo {
    get #unusedAccessor() {}
    set #unusedAccessor(value) {}
    private get anotherUnusedAccessor() {}
    private set anotherUnusedAccessor(value) {}
}

Pass

class Foo {
    #usedMember = 35;
    private anotherUsedMember = 7;

    method() {
        return this.#usedMember + this.anotherUsedMember;
    }
}

class Foo {
    constructor(private readonly usedMember: number) {
        // noop
    }

    doSomething() {
        return this.usedMember / 42;
    }
}


class Foo {
    #usedMethod() {
        return 35;
    }

    private anotherUsedMethod() {
        return 7;
    }

    anotherMethod() {
        return this.#usedMethod() + this.anotherUsedMethod();
    }
}

class Foo {
    get #usedAccessor() {}
    set #usedAccessor(value) {}
    private get anotherUsedAccessor() {}
    private set anotherUsedAccessor(value) {}
    
    method() {
        this.#usedAccessor = 42;
        this.anotherUsedAccessor = 42;
    }
}

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