Andre van Tonder scripsit:
> I would actually support outlawing mutiple returns to
> all definitions, including internal definitions, for the
> following reasons:
>
> - I suspect that it may make certain optimizations
> (such as detecting possibilities for inlining or direct
> substitution) more difficult. It is no longer sufficient
> to detect set! statements to determine mutability.
> Mutability detection becomes undecidable.
>
> - Overloading the meaning of DEFINE to effect mutations
> is unnecessary and just feels like an abuse to me.
> The intention of mutation does not get clearly expressed.
I very strongly support this.
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