Is an “if(…) return …;” without “else” considered good style? [closed]

Answer 1

It depends, I prefer the same as FredOverflow

return someCondition ? doSomething() : doSomethingElse();

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If this is enough. If it isn't, I have wondered for a similar situation - if you have longer code - lets say 30-40 lines or more, should I put return; on a place, that's not necessary. For example, consider the following situation:

if( cond1 )
{
    if( cond2 )
    {
         // do stuff
    }
    else if( cond3 )
    {
        // ..
    }
} 
else if( cond4 )
{
    // ..
}
else
{
    //..
}

What I wondered was - should I put return; (in void function) at the end of each case - is this a good or bad coding style (as it doesn't matter if there's return; or not). Finally I decided to put it, because the developer, who'll read this code later, to know that this is a final state and there's nothing to be done anymore in this function. Not to read the rest of the code, if he/she's interesting only in this case.