Exceptions: a return inside finally silently discards the try block's return value

When finally itself contains a return, that return wins and replaces whatever value the try block was about to return, with no warning; this is why a return inside finally is considered a bug magnet.

Code

static int compute() {
    try {
        return 1;
    } finally {
        return 2;
    }
}
System.out.println("Returned: " + compute());

Output

Returned: 2