我倾向于认为函数中间的return语句是不好的。您可以使用返回在函数的顶部构建一些保护子句，当然也可以告诉编译器在函数的末尾返回什么，但函数中间的返回很容易被忽略，并且会使函数更难解释。

I've seen it in coding standards for C++ that were a hang-over from C, as if you don't have RAII or other automatic memory management then you have to clean up for each return, which either means cut-and-paste of the clean-up or a goto (logically the same as 'finally' in managed languages), both of which are considered bad form. If your practices are to use smart pointers and collections in C++ or another automatic memory system, then there isn't a strong reason for it, and it become all about readability, and more of a judgement call.

I lean towards using guard clauses to return early and otherwise exit at the end of a method. The single entry and exit rule has historical significance and was particularly helpful when dealing with legacy code that ran to 10 A4 pages for a single C++ method with multiple returns (and many defects). More recently, accepted good practice is to keep methods small which makes multiple exits less of an impedance to understanding. In the following Kronoz example copied from above, the question is what occurs in //Rest of code...?:

void string fooBar(string s, int? i) {

  if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) || i == null) return null;

  var res = someFunction(s, i);

  foreach(var r in res) {
      if(!r.Passed) return null;
  }

  // Rest of code...

  return ret;
}

我意识到这个例子有点做作，但我很想把foreach循环重构成一个LINQ语句，然后将其视为一个保护子句。同样，在一个人为的例子中，代码的意图并不明显，someFunction()可能会有一些其他副作用，或者结果可能会在代码的// Rest中使用....

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) || i == null) return null;
if (someFunction(s, i).Any(r => !r.Passed)) return null;

给出以下重构函数:

void string fooBar(string s, int? i) {

  if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s) || i == null) return null;
  if (someFunction(s, i).Any(r => !r.Passed)) return null;

  // Rest of code...

  return ret;
}

这可能是一个不寻常的观点，但我认为任何相信多个return语句是有利的人都从未在只支持4个硬件断点的微处理器上使用过调试器。:-)

虽然“箭头代码”的问题是完全正确的，但当使用多个return语句时，一个问题似乎消失了，那就是在使用调试器的情况下。您没有一个方便的万能位置来放置断点，以保证您将看到退出，从而看到返回条件。

总是要求单一的返回类型是没有意义的。我认为这更像是一个标志，表明某些东西可能需要简化。有时有多个回报是必要的，但通常你可以通过至少尝试有一个退出点来简化事情。

一般来说，我尝试从一个函数中只有一个出口点。然而，有时这样做实际上会创建一个比必要的更复杂的函数体，在这种情况下，最好有多个出口点。它确实需要基于结果的复杂性进行“判断”，但目标应该是在不牺牲复杂性和可理解性的情况下尽可能减少出口点。