NAME

       Perl::Critic::Policy::Community::ConditionalImplicitReturn - Don't end a subroutine with a
       conditional block

DESCRIPTION

       If the last statement in a subroutine is a conditional block such as "if ($foo) { ... }",
       and the "else" condition is not handled, the subroutine will return an unexpected value
       when the condition fails, and it is most likely a logic error. Specify a return value
       after the conditional, or handle the "else" condition.

         sub { ... if ($foo) { return 1 } }                   # not ok
         sub { ... if ($foo) { return 1 } return 0 }          # ok
         sub { ... if ($foo) { return 1 } else { return 0 } } # ok

       This policy only applies if the subroutine contains a return statement with an explicit
       return value, indicating it is not intended to be used in void context.

CAVEATS

       This policy currently only checks for implicitly returned conditionals in named
       subroutines, anonymous subroutines are not checked. Also, return statements within blocks,
       other than compound statements like "if" and "foreach", are not considered when
       determining if a function is intended to be used in void context.

AFFILIATION

       This policy is part of Perl::Critic::Community.

CONFIGURATION

       This policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

       Dan Book, "dbook@cpan.org"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2015, Dan Book.

       This library is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       the Artistic License version 2.0.

SEE ALSO

       Perl::Critic

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