make "return" optional everywhere in a method

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  • Type: Improvement Improvement
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
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Currently it seems that the "return" keyword is only optional for the last statement before the closing brace of a method. It would be nice if it were optional everywhere so that the value of the last expression evaluated is returned. For example,

myMethod() {
try { return calculateSomething() } catch (SomeException e) { return calculateSomethingElse() }
}

Currently those return keywords are required.

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Guillaume Laforge added a comment -

Only possible as the last statement.

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Guillaume Laforge added a comment - Only possible as the last statement.

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  • Assignee:
    blackdrag blackdrag
    Reporter:
    R. Mark Volkmann
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