[speedyapoc]

I recall this pattern being taught in my first year or two of my computer science degree. Emphasizing only one return statement per function, utilizing a shared return variable.

I much preferred (and still greatly prefer in industry) the pattern of exiting the function as soon as possible.

[cryptonector]

It's like "goto considered harmless" -- structured code to max, to the point of unreadability. Dogmatism has drawbacks.

[jbverschoor]

Same here.

Returning and throwing quickly and strict.