Scoping of "return" in Scala

gistfile1.scala

scala> // "return" binds to the nearest method, not function literals.

scala> def myfun() {
     |   val foo = List(1, 2, 3);
     |   val bar = foo map { x =>
     |     println(x)
     |     if (x == 2) return
     |   }
     |   println("Dead code")
     | }
myfun: ()Unit

scala> myfun
1
2

scala>