I was reading on this page about setting a flag in a loop and using it later. Most of the answers agreed that it’s a code smell.

One of the answers suggested refactoring the code by putting the loop into a method and the boolean and break become a return instead.

The second answer suggests that using the break means your loop has two possible exit points, and if your code becomes more complex, it might be harder to detect and introduce bugs.

Question:

By the logic of the second answer isn’t using a return statement also a code smell? Using a return you introduce a second way to exit the loop.