Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: bash

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu lucid (development branch)"

apt-cache policy bash
bash:
  Installed: 4.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://es.archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

What you expected to happen:
This code:
((i++)); echo $?
returns 0 for every value of variable 'i' excepts for i=0. In this case the 
operation returns 1 !!!
for example, this script:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
i=1; while :; do ((i++)); echo $i ; sleep 1 ; done

works as expected, but this one:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
i=0; while :; do ((i++)); echo $i ; sleep 1 ; done

exits with error an outputs nothing

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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++ operator exits with error when the variable equals to zero
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536129
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