missing_ return
Details about the 'missing_return' diagnostic produced by the Dart analyzer.
This function has a return type of '{0}', but doesn't end with a return statement.
Description
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Any function or method that doesn't end with either an explicit return or a
throw implicitly returns null. This is rarely the desired behavior. The
analyzer produces this diagnostic when it finds an implicit return.
Example
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The following code produces this diagnostic because f doesn't end with a
return:
int f(int x) {
if (x < 0) {
return 0;
}
}
Common fixes
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Add a return statement that makes the return value explicit, even if
null is the appropriate value.
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