[REBOL] Re: Multi-searches
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 20-Feb-2002 13:32
Hi, Philippe,
Philippe Oehler wrote:
> Can you explain me something ? Why (result) is a local variable
> and then without the RETURN word, you typed (result) at the end
> of the function ?
>
The value returned from a function is the value of the last
expression evaluated within the function. A single word is,
of course, a trivial expression...
> What is the advantage of this ?
>
The only reason for using RETURN is to force non-fall-through
exit from a function. Putting it at the end of a function is
just a wasted extra word evaluation (and typing) AFAIK.
-jn-
