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title: "spaced-compiler-directive"
description: "Detect compiler directives disabled by leading whitespace."
image: "https://strider.gempir.com/og.png"
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# spaced-compiler-directive

**Default severity:** `warning`

Purpose: detect top-level compiler directives that look intentional but are
ignored because whitespace appears between `//` and `go:`.

## Bad

```go
// go:noinline
func call() {}
```

## Good

```go
//go:noinline
func call() {}
```

Source: https://strider.gempir.com/lints/spaced-compiler-directive/index.mdx