[return]

return is a core slot, one of the keywords of the Hyperlambda language, in Hyperlambda, the language of Magic Cloud. Returns a value, expression result, or child nodes to the nearest caller.

• Value (return-value,node-list), optional: Value or expression to return when no child nodes are supplied; one expression match returns its value, multiple matches return cloned nodes
• Returns: Resolves to the supplied value and/or returned child nodes captured by the nearest caller

Arguments

Required arguments come first, then the optional ones in the order they are declared.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
any node name	object	no	Child node forwarded to the nearest caller without evaluation; when children exist, all children are returned as-is. Can be repeated.

JSON declaration

This is the complete declaration of return, as the running system describes it. It is also published as slot.json.

JSON declaration

{
  "name": "return",
  "description": "Returns a value, expression result, or child nodes to the nearest caller",
  "signature": {
    "input": {
      "kind": "return-value,node-list",
      "description": "Value or expression to return when no child nodes are supplied; one expression match returns its value, multiple matches return cloned nodes",
      "required": false,
      "mode": "ValueOrExpression"
    },
    "children": {
      "*": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Child node forwarded to the nearest caller without evaluation; when children exist, all children are returned as-is",
        "required": false,
        "mode": "SourceLambda",
        "cardinality": "ZeroOrMore",
        "role": "Payload",
        "projection": "Self"
      }
    },
    "output": {
      "mode": "Both",
      "kind": "return-value,node-list",
      "description": "Resolves to the supplied value and/or returned child nodes captured by the nearest caller"
    }
  }
}

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