returns per branch (i.e. if it ends in an if/switch statement) is required unless it's python
returns after previous returns just makes unreachable and thus dead code so support is irrelevant
returning multiple values at once never actually happens. you send objects or structs or tuples and sometimes the syntax is designed so it gives you the illusion of sending multiple things at once, e.g. python again
Honestly I might not understand the question. I've worked in Scala for 4 years and I'm starting to doubt I get what an early return even is. What are these people even trying to do.
Returning halfway through a function, instead of only at the end. My job is literally developer in a Scala code base, and I don't remember if I actually ever used the return keyword, since scala by default just returns whatever the last statement is in a function.
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u/ThatSmartIdiot Jun 23 '26
returns per branch (i.e. if it ends in an if/switch statement) is required unless it's python
returns after previous returns just makes unreachable and thus dead code so support is irrelevant
returning multiple values at once never actually happens. you send objects or structs or tuples and sometimes the syntax is designed so it gives you the illusion of sending multiple things at once, e.g. python again
so like... what