Returning from nested anonymous functions is deprecated since Scala 3.2.0.

Nonlocal returns are implemented by throwing and catching scala.runtime.NonLocalReturnException-s. This is rarely what is intended by the programmer. It can be problematic because of the hidden performance cost of throwing and catching exceptions. Furthermore, it is a leaky implementation: a catch-all exception handler can intercept a NonLocalReturnException.

A better alternative to nonlocal returns and also the scala.util.control.Breaks API is provided by scala.util.boundary and boundary.break.

Example:

import scala.util.boundary, boundary.break
def firstIndex[T](xs: List[T], elem: T): Int =
  boundary:
    for (x, i) <- xs.zipWithIndex do
      if x == elem then break(i)
    -1