Not all code paths return a value - where?

Question

I have the following C# code. For reasons I won\'t go into, this is the required way of localising.

My problem is, I cannot for the life of me figure out what path is no

Answer 1

To prevent mistakes or puzzles like this, you better not do both of this (below) , as there is no single logical flow anymore when you:

• Maintain a retVal variable, together with
• Multiple uses of the return statement.

Choose one solution:

• only return a retVal variable, or
• return a default at the bottom of the function.