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From: Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Help with methods, classes and parameters
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On 31/07/14 17:45, markspace wrote:
> switch (optionInt) {
>     case 0:
>         return;
>         break;
>
> I left in the break because when you edit a program, sometimes you 
> forget and change things, and the break helps prevent an unexpected 
> fall through when you make a change.  It doesn't hurt anything to 
> leave it in even though the break is extraneous.

Hmm?

   public class ReturnBreak {
       public static void test(int code) {
           switch (code) {
           case 10:
               return;
               break;
           }
       }
   }

   $ javac ReturnBreak.java
   ReturnBreak.java:6: error: unreachable statement
               break;
               ^
   1 error


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