Yield break with return value

[jagorath]

When breaking an iterator, two statements inside a code block are required, e.g.

if (someCondition)
{
    yield return -1;
    yield break;
}

With a combined return/break statement for example called "yieldlast" (or something less awkward), these four lines could be reduced to one -

if (someCondition)
   yieldlast -1;

Or to avoid new reserved words, yield break could have an optional parameter:

if (someCondition)
   yield break -1;

[svick]

Why would it be worthwhile to add special syntax for this particular pattern? It isn't the goal of the language to make every program as short as possible.

[jagorath]

Understood, but it does make it more succinct. What is the purpose of other new language features e.g. top-level statements and target-typed expressions other than to make for less code?

[CyrusNajmabadi]

We like to focus those efforts on changes that will benefit a very large audience. This would likely not meet that goal.

[jagorath]

Got it. Thankyou @CyrusNajmabadi and @svick for your consideration.

[FelipeCostaGualberto]

Actually, I think that is a pretty good suggestion. Something like yield break <value>;