.. _bare-name-capture-pattern:

bare-name-capture-pattern / E1901
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**Message emitted:**

``The name capture `case %s` makes the remaining patterns unreachable. Use a dotted name (for example an enum) to fix this.``

**Description:**

*Emitted when a name capture pattern is used in a match statement and there are case statements below it.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/bare-name-capture-pattern/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/bare-name-capture-pattern/good.py
   :language: python



**Related links:**

- `PEP 636 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0636/#matching-against-constants-and-enums>`_


Created by the `match_statements <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/pylint/checkers/match_statements_checker.py>`__ checker.