I remember really bumping up against this learning OCaml in college after having experienced oodles of imperative programming.

I understand the sort of philosophy and ergonomics of not having an early return, but it really does hurt certain kinds of code that otherwise would be more readable

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orthoxerox 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> ergonomics of not having an early return

I wonder who came up with this idea first. I find obvious early returns incredibly ergonomic.

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voidUpdate 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Wikipedia says that "guard clause" was a term invented by Kent Beck, but that the actual practice was used since at least the early 60s

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orthoxerox 2 hours ago | parent [-]

No, I meant the idea that guard clauses are antipatterns and your subroutine should have a single implicit return.

	▲	voidUpdate 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, I misread. Need more coffee