Re: [jamboost] Re: [iostreams] Need help understanding the Jam language

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-06 01:35:33

On Sunday 05 June 2005 02:23, Rene Rivera wrote:

> return values ;
>
> Within a rule body, the return statement sets the return value for
> an invocation of the rule. It does not cause the rule to return; a
> rule's value is actually the value of the last statement executed, so a
> return should be the last statement executed before the rule "naturally"
> returns.
>
> Not sure about the discrepancy. It would be kind of strange for Perforce
> to change the semantics of something like "return".

They did change the semantic of "return". And I, personally, not going to port 
that change over.

- Volodya

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