From: headius@... Date: 2020-07-01T15:41:20+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:99005] [Ruby master Feature#17004] Provide a way for methods to omit their return value Issue #17004 has been updated by headius (Charles Nutter). In `rb_whether_the_return_value_is_used_p` I believe `whether_the` is redundant with `p`. `is` also seems unnecessary here, so perhaps `rb_return_vaue_used` and `return_value_used?` are good enough? There is a possible concern if this is used for values that have visible side effects (changing some internal state, setting `$~` or `$_`, possibly raising an exception, ...), so it should be used very carefully. Return value may not be the only effect that's important. ---------------------------------------- Feature #17004: Provide a way for methods to omit their return value https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17004#change-86380 * Author: shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal ---------------------------------------- In ruby, it often is the case for a method's return value to not be used by its caller. Even when a method returns something meaningful, its caller is free to ignore it. Why not provide a way for a method to know if its return value is needed or not? That adds a room for methods to be optimized, by for instance skipping creation of complex return values. The following pull request implements `RubyVM.return_value_is_used?` method, which does that: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/3271 -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: