I have the same opinion. I like the early-return pattern when it's doing input validation or raising errors but for most other things I prefer how the if-else h

I have the same opinion. I like the early-return pattern when it's doing input validation or raising errors but for most other things I prefer how the if-else highlights that there are two possible paths that the code can take. Just because the "then" branch has a return statement doesn't mean that we should get rid of the "else".