return in a function

[nilamo]

there definitely is "too much". but having all that code duplicated in 15 places makes it "way too much". but when i reduce it, i want each of the 15 places to be real simple like

    perform_all_the_profile_checks_and_return_if_needed()

Maybe wrap those variables/functions up into a class? That way you don't need to pass 20 variables, you can just do the_thing.perform_checks_and_notify_if_needed(), and the function can just reference whatever it needs via self.