tracker issue : CF-3605215

Duplicate ID:	CF-3605332

Problem Description:

When returning an implicit struct from inside CFCATCH with cfcatch as one of its key value, CF throws an undefined element exception.

<cfscript>
    public STRUCT function blah(){    
        try{
            return {success: true, data: 'ColdFusion'};
        } catch(Any err){
            return {success: false, data: cfcatch.detail};
        }
    }
</cfscript>

The above code throws an "Detail is undefined in CFCATCH" error even without running the code. This is true for the following also -

return {success: false, data: cfcatch}; //throws "CFCATCH is undefined" error

var err = cfcatch;
return {success: false, data: err}; //throws "err is undefined" error

Steps to Reproduce:

<cfscript>
    public STRUCT function blah(){    
        try{
            return {success: true, data: 'ColdFusion'};
        } catch(Any err){
            return {success: false, data: cfcatch.detail};
        }
    }
</cfscript>

Actual Result:

Detail is undefined in CFCATCH

Expected Result:

a struct with success:true and data:ColdFusion

Any Workarounds:

Yes. Use explicit struct declaration

<cfscript>
    public STRUCT function blah(){    
        try{
            return {success: true, data: 'ColdFusion'};
        } catch(Any err){
            var ret = structNew();
                ret.success = false;
                ret.data = cfcatch.detail;
                return ret;        
        }
    }
</cfscript>

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

Watson Bug ID:	3605215

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External Customer Name: elixira
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External Test Config: My Hardware and Environment details:



ColdFusion 10u10 32bit, Apache as web server and running on a Win7 i5.

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