> You missed a subshell test:
$ test_crash() { local a=$((009+1)) ;}; cnt=0 rmsg=(success failed)
$ ((cnt+=1)); test_crash ;echo case $cnt ${rmsg[$?<1?0:1]}
bash: 009: value too great for base (error token is "009")
$ ((cnt+=1)); ( test_crash ) ;echo case $cnt ${rmsg[$?<1?0:1]}
bash: 009: value too great for base (error token is "009")
case 2 failed
$ ((cnt+=1)); ( test_crash ;: ) ;echo case $cnt ${rmsg[$?<1?0:1]}
bash: 009: value too great for base (error token is "009")
case 3 failed
$ ((cnt+=1)); ( (test_crash) ;: ) ;echo case $cnt ${rmsg[$?<1?0:1]}
bash: 009: value too great for base (error token is "009")
case 4 success
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