It's considered a bad pratice use return to end a function?

Question

I\'m a PHP and ActionScript developer, and in some of my functions I use return to end it. Example:

private function lolsome(a:String):void
{
           


        

Answer 1

For further interesting reading look up "multiple vs single return" on Google. Much heat there. The alternative is generally to hold your return in state, and only return it once, at the end. Personally I'd rather dump out asap rather than risk some state being modified further down the line; smaller more focussed methods help stop that happening.

I'd say your practice here is fine.