[Issue 2214] New: No error if void function returns a value

[Jarrett Billingsley]

<d-bugmail at puremagic.com> wrote in message 
news:bug-2214-3 at http.d.puremagic.com/issues/...
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2214
>
>           Summary: No error if void function returns a value
>           Product: D
>           Version: unspecified
>          Platform: PC
>        OS/Version: Windows
>            Status: NEW
>          Keywords: accepts-invalid
>          Severity: normal
>          Priority: P2
>         Component: DMD
>        AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>        ReportedBy: 2korden at gmail.com
>
>
> void f() {
>    return new Exception("stuff");   // no error is generated
> }
>
> void main() {
>    return f();
> }
>
> Result:
> Process returned 8990704 (0x892FF0)
>
> Is this by design or by accident?

I think it's by design.  It's come in very handy in a lot of generic code 
I've written.  I.e. if I write a function which wraps another function, I 
don't have to do an icky test to see if the return type is void or not, and 
decide whether or not to "return realFunction();".  I just have a single 
codepath that works for void functions and non-void functions.