# Choosing Between Returning VOID and HEAVY VOID

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**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://revolt.metaeducation.com/forum/t/choosing-between-returning-void-and-heavy-void/2171 "2024-03-09T02:30:26Z")\
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> [@NULL/VOID/NONE/TRASH evolution from NONE!/UNSET!](https://revolt.metaeducation.com/forum/t/null-void-none-trash-evolution-from-none-unset/2422/3):
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> Void is used generically in many places when you want things to vanish:
> 
> ```plaintext
> >> compose [<a> (if 1 > 2 [<b>] else []) <c>]
> == [<a> <c>]
> 
> ```

Ah-ha… I’d completely missed this use of void, as a return value.

Though this does now raise the question of whether a function should return VOID (antiform COMMA!) or HEAVY VOID (empty antiform PACK!) Both seem to vaporise in lists, after all.

I guess it depends on whether you want the function call to be ignored or not.

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