Odd behaviour with scala method syntax
- by Ceilingfish
Hi chaps,
I hit a bit of a quirk of scala's syntax I don't really understand
object Board {
def getObjectAt(x:Int, y:Int):Placeable = return locations(x)(y)
}
works fine. But
object Board {
def getObjectAt(x:Int, y:Int):Placeable {
return locations(x)(y)
}
}
returns the error
Board.scala:8: error: illegal start of declaration
return locations(x)(y)
I found some stuff that says the second form convinces the scala compiler you're trying to specify an expansion to the return type Placeable. Is there a way I can fix this, or should I just avoid specifying a return type here?
