I knew that Haskell has an unconventional meaning for return, but today I learnt that return in Scala means something else too!
https://tpolecat.github.io/2014/05/09/return.html
It's a non-local return, so it returns from the *caller*! Wild.
Seems handy for Ruby/Smalltalk style blocks though.
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(2) Supports if statements.
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