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Re: break after return

From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT schemamania.org>
To: "TDS Development Group" <freetds AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Cc: Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it
Subject: Re: break after return
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:25:44 -0400

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 14:48:19 +0200 , ZIGLIO Frediano
<Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafoneomnitel.it> wrote:

> I noted in many source code like
>
> case XXXX:
> ....
> return xx;
> break;
>
> Why the need of break after return?

Many people think that's good form. If the code is adjusted and the
return is removed, the programmer might not notice that "break" just
became necessary. That can be a hard bug to find by simple inspection.

--jkl

break after return, ZIGLIO Frediano, 08/05/2002
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