Quick function (arcpy) to remove redundant vertices from polyline layer

removeDupeVertices.py

# Remove duplicate vertices from lines
# A point is considered duplicate if it has the same XY coordinates within a tolerance (precision)
# The precision is an integer number of decimal places
# for X,Y in lat, long, 5 decimals is 1.1 meters and 6 is 11 cm
def removeDupeVertices(feature, precision):
	fields = ['SHAPE@'] + [f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(feature)]
	sr = arcpy.Describe(feature).SpatialReference
	upd = arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(feature,fields)
	orphanList = []
	for row in upd:
		changed = False
		lines = []
		try:
			for ln in row[0]:
				i = 0
				for pt in ln[1:]:
					if ((round(pt.X,precision) == round(ln[i].X,precision)) and
						(round(pt.Y,precision) == round(ln[i].Y,precision))):
						ln.remove(i+1)
						changed = True
					else:
						i += 1
				lines.append(ln)
			if len(lines) > 1:
				lines = arcpy.Polyline(arcpy.Array(lines), sr)
			else:
				lines = arcpy.Polyline(lines[0], sr)
			row[0] = lines
			if changed:
				upd.updateRow(row)
				if row[1] % 1000 == 0:
					print ('updated row %s' % row[1])
		except:
			orphanList.append(row[1])
			print ('row %s does not have geometry' % row[1])
	return orphanList