Re: Goto and return ('end' expected)

[Rena <hyperhacker@...>]

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Parke <parke.nexus@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Hisham <h@hisham.hm> wrote:
>
>> The point is not how to workaround this. Aapo's question still stands.
>
> In other languages where return is a statement, when debugging I often
> insert returns mid-function to disable functionality.  I assume the
> Lua requires return at the end of blocks to avoid confusion:
>
> function foo ()
>   a ()
>   b ()
>   return
>   c ()    -- foo will return c()
>   d ()
> end
>

I use "do return end" for that. There's no confusion like in foo() and
it's clear what your intent is. Just having a naked "return" partway
through a block is not only possibly ambiguous, but often a sign that
something's been misplaced.

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