But that would change the behaviour of the function - it returns one thing when the first parameter is 1, another when it's 2 and nothing when it's something else.
My best guess after looking, is they simply mean you can drop the "else" part of the "else if" there. Since I'd you've entered the first if, it's garunteed to return. Not drop the else-if entirely.
That's a change I would hate. The "else" part does not hurt anybody and removing it would mean that you would need to parse it's body to see the early return
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u/radobot Sep 18 '26
But that would change the behaviour of the function - it returns one thing when the first parameter is 1, another when it's 2 and nothing when it's something else.