• d-bugmail puremagic.com Oct 17 2006
• d-bugmail puremagic.com Oct 17 2006
• Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> Oct 18 2006
• Brad Roberts <braddr puremagic.com> Oct 17 2006

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=438

           Summary: Compiler allows returning value from void function
           Product: D
           Version: 0.169
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: vlasov scatt.com


The following code compiles without errors

void foo()
{
        return false;
}

void bar()
{
        return "bar";
}

void main()
{
        foo();
        bar();
}


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d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=438


csantander619 gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #1 from csantander619 gmail.com  2006-10-17 08:31 -------
Not a bug, see http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog1.html#new0116
"Can now return an expression from a function returning void"


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Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:

Brad Roberts wrote:
  > http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=438
 
 Can you point to where this is documented in the language spec and maybe 
 some past threads discussing it?  I'm really curious as to the reasons 
 behind the choice.


I can understand accepting "return void" from a void function, as in 
C++, but I would expect returning anything else to generate a compile error.

Brad Roberts <braddr puremagic.com> writes:

 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=438


Can you point to where this is documented in the language spec and maybe 
some past threads discussing it?  I'm really curious as to the reasons 
behind the choice.

Thanks,
Brad