Multiple return points

Object Pascal — Delphi & Free Pascal

Info

Maintainability

Many return points make control flow harder to reason about and test

many return points make control flow harder to reason about and test.

Why this severity

many return points make control flow harder to reason about and test.

Known false positives

guard-clause patterns where early exits simplify the main logic.

Remediation example

function Compute(X: Integer): Integer;
begin
  if X <= 0 then Exit(0);
  Result := X * 2;
end;

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