Ruby : return from calling method

Question

I'd like to be able to return from the calling method while still inside the called method.

Example :

def calling_method
  # stuff
  called_method
  # more stuff
end

def called_method
  # stuff
  return_from_caller if foo # << I would like to return from calling_method
  # more stuff
end

Is there a simple way to achieve that ?

The "dirty" way I'm using at the moment is this :

def calling_method
  # stuff
  called_method and return
  # more stuff
end

def called_method
  # stuff
  return false if foo
  # more stuff
end

But this isn't fully satisfying as I have to do a and return in the calling method.

Answer 1

I think, you can't do that.

The only way you can do that (at least I can think of right now) is, by using what you are calling dirty way of doing it.

Actually, do_something and return is a pretty common pattern/use case that you would see in Ruby/Rails code.

So, IMO, this is the way to go:

def calling_method
  # stuff
  called_method and return
  # more stuff
end