Re: "return" should not continue script execution, even if used inappropriately

[don fong]

>
> Crazy python people.
>

there's a good reason for the "craziness": it enables individual testing of
the script's functions.  it's a good idea, and IMHO it should be more
widely used in "production" shell scripts.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 5:56 AM Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 04:20:46PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> >     Date:        Sun, 6 Jan 2019 16:58:59 -0600
> >     From:        Dennis Williamson <dennistwilliamson@gmail.com>
> >     Message-ID:  <
> CANaoh6+BmBMCbLxGQUG7GxFML78e9tE+H8Oke9THWQupyFtRBA@mail.gmail.com>
> >
> >   | You should be able to protect yourself from this by detecting if a
> script
> >   | is not being sourced when it's intended that it must be and acting
> >   | accordingly.
> >
> > If you can work out how to do that in a portable way, and modify the
> > script to do it (and that is a reasonable thing to do) that would work.
>
> Crazy python people.
>
> https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/109
>
>