From: nobu@...
Date: 2015-05-13T03:21:25+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:69159] [Ruby trunk - Bug #11143] [Rejected] it should always be possible to return from an if

Issue #11143 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Status changed from Open to Rejected

Why do you need to such assignment?

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Bug #11143: it should always be possible to return from an if
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11143#change-52410

* Author: bug hit
* Status: Rejected
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* ruby -v: 
* Backport: 2.0.0: UNKNOWN, 2.1: UNKNOWN, 2.2: UNKNOWN
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```
irb(main):001:0> def foo; a = if true then return end end
SyntaxError: (irb):1: void value expression
```

it should not matter that you are not producing a value for the if expression, since you are leaving the method immediately.  This should also apply to other jumps.



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