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Scala return keyword short-circuits code execution in other functions
scala> foo1
finally
res0: String = foo
scala> foo2
finally
after
res1: String = foo
def using[A](f: => A): A = {
val r = try f finally println("finally")
println("after")
r
}
def foo1: String = using[String](return "foo")
def foo2: String = using("foo")
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