lint: Convert Python dead code linter to Python

test/lint/lint-python-dead-code.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+"""
+Find dead Python code.
+"""
+
+from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT, CalledProcessError
+
+FILES_ARGS = ['git', 'ls-files', '--', '*.py']
+
+
+def check_vulture_install():
+    try:
+        check_output(["vulture", "--version"])
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("Skipping Python dead code linting since vulture is not installed. Install by running \"pip3 install vulture\"")
+        exit(0)
+
+
+def main():
+    check_vulture_install()
+
+    files = check_output(FILES_ARGS).decode("utf-8").splitlines()
+    # --min-confidence 100 will only report code that is guaranteed to be unused within the analyzed files.
+    # Any value below 100 introduces the risk of false positives, which would create an unacceptable maintenance burden.
+    vulture_args = ['vulture', '--min-confidence=100'] + files
+
+    try:
+        check_output(vulture_args, stderr=STDOUT)
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(e.output.decode("utf-8"), end="")
+        print("Python dead code detection found some issues")
+        exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()