Re: Feature suggestion -- return if true

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On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> It should be abundantly clear that this only returns if the expression is
> considered true, otherwise it continues on to the following statements.

Uggh come on guys. We've been over this.
You cannot make that assumption.

cheers
James


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