On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM Filip wrote:
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> Maybe instead of using keywords as modifiers we should talk about
> introducing a new keyword return_if which would do the early return.


But then we're adding a new keyword or a new "identifier with a
special meaning".

I think "return if" is pretty easy . . . the compiler just has to
treat the regex "return\s+if\s+" as a unique keyword and treat it
totally differently to "return\s+(?!if\b)". I realise that the
compiler internals don't use regex for this stuff but I'm trying to
express that it's possible to treat "return if" totally differently to
"return + something other than if".