From: Peter Hickman <peter@...>
Date: 2007-10-20T00:38:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Is it always the norm to skip 'return'?

For the simpler methods it does seem to be a waste to put a return in 
there however it should be remembered that the "if" also returns a value. So

def other(number)
    if number == 1 then
        puts "In the true condition"
        "the number was 1"
    else
        puts "In the false condition"
        "it was something else"
    end
end

puts other(21)

outputs

 > In the false condition
 > it was something else

The implicit return here is for the whole of the if. Which can be quite 
a pain to track down :(