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Re: Where to put the return

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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
>>Often I see the return in the try block. But personally I prefer it
>>this way. Is there a preferred way, or are both ways acceptable?
>
>   It might just be a question of being compilable.
>
>   For example, in the following case, I get a compile-time error:
>
> Main.java
>
> public final class Main 
> { 
>   public static int f() 
>   { try( final java.util.Scanner scanner = new java.util.Scanner( "" ))
>     { return 1; }
>     catch( final java.lang.RuntimeException exception )
>     {} }
>
>   public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args ) 
>   { java.lang.System.out.println( f() ); }}
>
> transcript
>
> Main.java: error: missing return statement
>     {} }
>        ^
> 1 error
>
>   The compile-time error disappears once the catch clause
>   is removed or the return is moved to the end of the method.

Yes, the examples I saw did not use a catch clause.

Well, if there is no reason not to move the return out of the try
block, I will keep doing that.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-11 10:30 +0200
  Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-11 12:24 +0200
  Re: Where to put the return Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-11 08:31 -0700
  Re: Where to put the return Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-11 20:33 -0400
    Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-13 00:27 +0200
      Re: Where to put the return Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-12 21:41 -0400
        Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-13 13:15 +0200
      Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-15 08:12 +0200
        Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-19 11:10 +0200
          Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 12:54 +0200
            Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 13:46 +0200
              Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 14:10 +0200
              Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-19 15:35 +0200
                Re: Where to put the return Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-19 09:48 -0400
                Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-19 23:26 +0200
                Re: Where to put the return Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-19 20:01 -0400
                Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-20 19:30 +0200
                Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 17:06 +0200
            Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-19 15:35 +0200
              Re: Where to put the return Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-08-19 09:43 -0400
              Re: Where to put the return Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2017-08-19 17:15 +0200
                Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-21 22:33 +0200
          Re: Where to put the return lewbloch@gmail.com - 2017-08-19 09:20 -0700
            Re: Where to put the return Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-08-21 22:29 +0200
    Re: Where to put the return Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-08-14 05:11 -0700
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