Prior to 1811a2d, the return value for negative return codes was UB and I'd
witnessed both expected cases like -256 mapping to a $status of 0 and unexpected
cases like a return value of -1 mapping to a $status of 0. As such, this doesn't
test just one fixed return value but the entire range from negative multiples of
256 all the way down (rather, up!) to -1.
Currently, if a "return" is given outside of a function, we'd just
throw an error.
That always struck me as a bit weird, given that scripts can also
return a value.
So simply let "return" outside also exit the script, kinda like "exit"
does.
However, unlike "exit" it doesn't quit an interactive shell - it seems
weird to have "return" do that as well. It sets $status, so it can be
used to quickly set that, in case you want to test something.