From 9a0cf672412665fef389a0977a7b7490713b226f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Sanderson <travis.sanderson@workiva.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 12:01:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] return constructed node immediately

---
 lib/src/r_tree/r_tree.dart | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/src/r_tree/r_tree.dart b/lib/src/r_tree/r_tree.dart
index 263fd3a..6215df9 100644
--- a/lib/src/r_tree/r_tree.dart
+++ b/lib/src/r_tree/r_tree.dart
@@ -171,8 +171,7 @@ class RTree<E> {
 
     if (N <= M) {
       // reached leaf level; return leaf
-      node = LeafNode(_branchFactor, initialItems: items.sublist(left, right + 1));
-      return node;
+      return LeafNode(_branchFactor, initialItems: items.sublist(left, right + 1));
     }
 
     if (height == 0) {