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early returns

early returns is the plural of early return.

Meaning of early return

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

Questions about early returns

What is early returns the plural of?
Early returns is the plural of early return.

Words near early returns in the dictionary

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

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