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diff --git a/src/cmd/vet/assign.go b/src/cmd/vet/assign.go
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--- a/src/cmd/vet/assign.go
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-// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-/*
-This file contains the code to check for useless assignments.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"go/ast"
-	"go/token"
-	"reflect"
-)
-
-// TODO: should also check for assignments to struct fields inside methods
-// that are on T instead of *T.
-
-// checkAssignStmt checks for assignments of the form "<expr> = <expr>".
-// These are almost always useless, and even when they aren't they are usually a mistake.
-func (f *File) checkAssignStmt(stmt *ast.AssignStmt) {
-	if !vet("assign") {
-		return
-	}
-	if stmt.Tok != token.ASSIGN {
-		return // ignore :=
-	}
-	if len(stmt.Lhs) != len(stmt.Rhs) {
-		// If LHS and RHS have different cardinality, they can't be the same.
-		return
-	}
-	for i, lhs := range stmt.Lhs {
-		rhs := stmt.Rhs[i]
-		if reflect.TypeOf(lhs) != reflect.TypeOf(rhs) {
-			continue // short-circuit the heavy-weight gofmt check
-		}
-		le := f.gofmt(lhs)
-		re := f.gofmt(rhs)
-		if le == re {
-			f.Warnf(stmt.Pos(), "self-assignment of %s to %s", re, le)
-		}
-	}
-}