tracker issue : CF-3037197

Problem:

The new handling of local scope breaks included files relying on local variables.

A common approach in framework-style code is to include a view page inside a UDF/method. The view should be able to see any local variables defined in the including function.

CF9's handling of local scope has completely changed from CF8 in this area.

Method:

Create the following two CFML pages in a directory and run the second one on both CF8 and CF9 to see the difference in output.

<!--- inc.cfm --->
<cfset localIsDefined = isDefined("local") />
<cfset testIsDefined = isDefined("test") />
<cfset localDotTestIsDefined = false />
<cfif localIsDefined>
	<cfset localDotTestIsDefined = structKeyExists(local,"test") />
	<cfset theLocalScope = local />
</cfif>

<!--- test.cfm --->
<cffunction name="tryInclude1">
	<cfset var local = {} />
	<cfset local.test = true />
	<cfinclude template="inc.cfm" />
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="tryInclude2">
	<cfset var test = true />
	<cfinclude template="inc.cfm" />
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="tryInclude3">
	<cfset local.test = true />
	<cfinclude template="inc.cfm" />
</cffunction>

<cfset tryInclude1() />
<cfdump var="#variables#"/>

<cfset tryInclude2() />
<cfdump var="#variables#"/>

<cfset tryInclude3() />
<cfdump var="#variables#"/>


Result:

No error message - behavior is very different between CF8 and CF9.

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

Watson Bug ID:	3037197

External Customer Info:
External Company:  
External Customer Name: Sean Corfield
External Customer Email: 479B4EDC43F3A88B992016B6
External Test Config: 01/07/2009

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