Re: bug: return doesn't accept negative numbers

[Dennis Williamson]

return (and exit) returns an exit code between 0 and 255. Zero means
true and anything else means false

If you want a function to "return" a value, use printf or echo.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> wrote:
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> I guess I don't use negative return codes that often in shell, but
> I use them as exit codes reasonably often.
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> 'return' barfs on "return -1"...
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> Since return is defined to take no options, and ONLY an integer,
> as the return code, it shouldn't be hard to fix.
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> Seem to fail on any negative number, but 'exit status' is defined
> as a short int -- not an unsigned value (i.e. -1 would return 255).
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