Automatic $? variable (success indicator) is reset to $true when a command is enclosed in parentheses - make $? only reflect command status, not expression status #3359
Description
Not sure if this behavior is by design; if so, it would help to understand the rationale.
Steps to reproduce
Get-Item -EA SilentlyContinue NoSuchItem; $? # Failure is reflected in $? being $False
(Get-Item -EA SilentlyContinue NoSuchItem); $? # Using (...) resets $? to $True Expected behavior
False
False
Actual behavior
False
True
Environment data
PowerShell Core v6.0.0-alpha (v6.0.0-alpha.17) on Darwin Kernel Version 16.4.0: Thu Dec 22 22:53:21 PST 2016; root:xnu-3789.41.3~3/RELEASE_X86_64