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early return

early return noun: the act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.

Noun

early return (plural early returns)

  1. The act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.
    • With RAII, the closing action cannot be skipped or bypassed, even if the function exits the scope prematurely with an early return or by throwing an exception.2019, Fedor G. Pikus, Hands-On Design Patterns with C++, page 469

Forms of early return

pluralearly returns

Questions about early return

What does early return mean?
Early return means the act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.
What part of speech is early return?
Early return is a noun.
What is the plural of early return?
The plural of early return is early returns.

Words near early return in the dictionary

  1. early retirees
  2. early retirement
  3. early retirement pensioner
  4. early retirement pensioners
  5. early retirements
  6. early return
  7. early returns
  8. early riser
  9. early risers
  10. early saxifrage
  11. early saxifrages

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