Re: [Help-bash] Adding missing bash features for safely re-usable bash code

[adrelanos]

Greg Wooledge:
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 03:19:28PM +0000, adrelanos wrote:
>> What are the missing features in bash for writing easily, safely
>> re-usable bash code?
> 
> In my opinion the biggest one is the ability to pass variables by
> reference, which is coming in bash 4.3 Real Soon Now.
> 
> If you can think of others, speak up.
> 

I miss a feature to return non-integers from bash functions, i.e. to
return strings from bash functions.

my_bash_function() {
   return "some_string"
}

string="`my_bash_function`"

There are workarounds, yes, but nothing as simple as the one liner.