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title: "Terminating blocks"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/terminating-blocks-ne4hsvwsv
source_url: https://boldlygo.tech/archive/2024-03-29-terminating-blocks
type: article
source: "Boldly Go"
published: 2026-05-31T07:49:47.556Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:31:48.326Z
tags: ["golang"]
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# Terminating blocks

**[Boldly Go](https://daily.dev/sources/boldlygo)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A short explainer on terminating blocks in Go, drawn from the Go language specification. A block is itself considered a terminating statement if its statement list ends in a terminating statement. This means that return and other terminating statements retain their effect regardless of how many nested code blocks wrap them.

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