tracker issue : CF-3482734

Problem Description:
Sometimes a line of code which precedes another line of code which happens to have short-hand struct notation appears to be skipped. In the example below (courtesy of Brad Wood... I myself never managed to come up with a repro case for this, although I have experienced it on two occasions), the var var1 line is skipped.

This can be replicated on all versions of CF from 9->10.0.7 (latest at time of writing)

I discuss another case of this on my blog here: http://adamcameroncoldfusion.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shorthand-struct-notation-is-still.html#comment-771074783

And have experienced it also on completely unrelated other code as well. So as edge-case as the example seems, it is a real issue which crops up.  Brad had encountered it too, obviously.

Steps to Reproduce:
<cfscript>
function callMe(){
    if(1){    // always true, so always runs
        var var1 = dummy();    // so var1 is definitely set
        var var2 = dummy(test={bar=''});
    }

    // Try to use var1
    var var3 = var1;    // error on this line: "Variable VAR1 is undefined."
}

function dummy(){
    return "";
}

callMe();
</cfscript>
Actual Result:
"Variable VAR1 is undefined."

Expected Result:
No error


Any Workarounds:
Don't use short-hand notation

-- 
Adam

----------------------------- Additional Watson Details -----------------------------

Watson Bug ID:	3482734

Keywords:
FixTested


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External Customer Name: Adam Cameron.
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