On 8/8/11 8:53 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> However, you are on to something - since bash allows 'exit -1' as an
> extension, it should similarly allow 'return -1' as the same sort of
> extension. The fact that bash accepts 'exit -1' and 'exit -- -1', but only
> 'return -- -1', is the real point that you are complaining about.
That's a reasonable extension to consider for the next release of bash.
Chet
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