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Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"

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From:
Branden
Date:
February 6, 2001 03:37
Subject:
Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"
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OE38gOEE5Q36TnHFV0k00002e4d@hotmail.com
James Mastros wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 08:43:02PM +0100, abigail@foad.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 11:46:48AM -0500, James Mastros wrote:
> > > By the time you get to the last line, you've already forgoten WTF you
named
> > > the return variable.
> > Eh, I don't think that bad memory, or a bad variable naming scheme
> > justifies this new feature.
> A new feature doesn't need that much justification.  And nobody is
> advocating getting rid of "return".

Yes it does. Otherwise, we get even more bloated than now!

- Branden

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