Given near-consensus on the "Return ..." form, the following discussion is of academic interest only.
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info>wrote: > > I would not mind > > > > def foo(): > > """returns bar""" > > > > which I would read as "Function foo() returns bar," but in this case > > "returns" should be in lower case. > > I certainly don't like that. Sentences, even eroded sentences, start > with capital letters in English. Unless you are the poet e.e. cummings, > capital letters are non-negotiable. I still believe "Returns bar." is a non-sentence even if "Return bar!" is. While absence of subject noun in itself may not be an issue, but combined with a singular third-person verb form, it makes "Returns bar." grammatically incorrect.
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