Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

early return

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: ear-ly re-turn
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.

Example Sentences

"With RAII, the closing action cannot be skipped or bypassed, even if the function exits the scope prematurely with an early return or by throwing an exception."

Inflected Forms

early returns (plural)

Questions

What does early return mean?: The act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.

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