note 68501 added to function.mysql-fetch-assoc

I read someone posting 'I have the philosphy that a function has exactly one return point.' It seems to me that always having only one return point takes away a little power from 'return' making code less efficient. Compare: function doSomething($a,$b) { $returnVal = 1; if($a==$b) { $returnVal = false; } if($returnVal !== false) { //didnt we discover that already? //do something as we know a and b is what we expect $returnVal = $a - $b; } return $returnVal; } with: function doSomething($a,$b) { if($a==$b) { return false; //early exit } //do something as we know a and b is what we expect return $a-$b; } ---- Server IP: 194.109.193.119 Probable Submitter: 84.82.64.236 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-fetch-assoc.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/note/edit/68501 Del: integrated -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/integrated Del: useless -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/useless Del: bad code -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/bad+code Del: spam -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/spam Del: non-english -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/non-english Del: in docs -- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501/in+docs Del: other reasons-- http://master.php.net/note/delete/68501 Reject -- http://master.php.net/note/reject/68501 Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php