Why do event handlers always have a return type of void?

Question

Hey, I wondered why is it that the return type of events such as

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

is always void?

Answer 1

For sure, events can return values.

   [TestClass]
   public class UnitTest1 {
      delegate int EventWithReturnValue();

      class A {
         public event EventWithReturnValue SomeEvent;
         public int LastEventResult { get; set; }

         public void RaiseEvent() {
            LastEventResult = SomeEvent();
         }
      }

      [TestMethod]
      public void TestMethod1() {
         A a = new A();
         a.SomeEvent += new EventWithReturnValue(a_SomeEvent);
         a.RaiseEvent();
         Assert.AreEqual(123, a.LastEventResult);
      }

      int a_SomeEvent() {
         return 123;
      }
   }

However, it's not very common to use events return value to exchange information between components and their consumers.