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jsmanifest • • Edited

void is also useful if you write switch statements like this:

switch (dataKey) {
  case 'hello':
    api.sortMyStuff()
    break
  case 'how are you':
    api.sortSomeoneElsesStuff()
    break
  default:
    break
}

You can reduce a couple of lines using them this way while maintaining the exact behavior:

switch (dataKey) {
  case 'hello':
    return void api.sortMyStuff()
  case 'how are you':
    return void api.sortSomeoneElsesStuff()
  default:
    return void
}