From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2008-10-21T17:47:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me why my code isn't working?

Just to make the semantics of 'return' clearer:

  def foo
    1
    return 2
    raise "Never get here"
    3
  end

  puts foo     # 2

return doesn't cause store a value for returning later; it causes the 
method to return immediately, returning that value.
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