[GROOVY-140] make "return" optional everywhere in a method

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Environment: all
• Assignee: Jochen Theodorou
• Reporter: R. Mark Volkmann
• Created: 20/Jan/04 09:18
• Updated: 02/Nov/07 04:53
• Resolved: 02/Nov/07 04:53

Description

Currently it seems that the "return" keyword is only optional for the last statement before the closing brace of a method. It would be nice if it were optional everywhere so that the value of the last expression evaluated is returned. For example,

myMethod() {
try

{ return calculateSomething() }

catch (SomeException e)

{ return calculateSomethingElse() }

}

Currently those return keywords are required.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: GROOVY-762 implement syntax improvements