early return

English

Noun

early return (plural early returns)

1. (programming) The act of returning from a function before reaching the end of that function.
   • 2019, Fedor G. Pikus, Hands-On Design Patterns with C++, page 469:

     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.