Commit 18770721ac

@@ -6167,6 +6167,10 @@ fn ret(gz: *GenZir, scope: *Scope, node: ast.Node.Index) InnerError!Zir.Inst.Ref
     const node_datas = tree.nodes.items(.data);
     const node_tags = tree.nodes.items(.tag);
 
+    if (astgen.fn_block == null) {
+        return astgen.failNode(node, "'return' outside function scope", .{});
+    }
+
     if (gz.in_defer) return astgen.failNode(node, "cannot return from defer expression", .{});
 
     const defer_outer = &astgen.fn_block.?.base;

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const TestContext = @import("../src/test.zig").TestContext;
 
 pub fn addCases(ctx: *TestContext) !void {
+    ctx.objErrStage1("issue #9346: return outside of function scope",
+        \\pub const empty = return 1;
+    , &.{"tmp.zig:1:19: error: 'return' outside function scope"});
+
     ctx.exeErrStage1("std.fmt error for unused arguments",
         \\pub fn main() !void {
         \\    @import("std").debug.print("{d} {d} {d} {d} {d}", .{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15});