Early Return Mechanism

[gasacchi]

Is there any plan or proposal for return keyword or some sort of mechanism for early return? i know there is experimental LetUnwrap, but sometime it nice to have early return with any return type.

[fham]

@JonoPrest have you posted your early return proposal somewhere public yet?

[JonoPrest]

I have not yet because I’m not convinced it should be added to the language

But I think its worth dissecting and discussing on the forum so I’ll finish up the post.

[JonoPrest]

Ok I added it here:

Proposal: Early Returns in ReScript

Proposal: Early Returns in ReScript Framing I’m putting this forward as a discussion starter, not as advocacy. I’m personally skeptical: new syntax is expensive in ways that aren’t always visible at the moment of addition - every feature is something readers must learn, tooling must support, and future features must coexist with. Simple, predictable constructs are one of ReScript’s real strengths, and the burden of proof for new syntax should be high. So the question is not “would early retur…