tracker issue : CF-4203961

Problem Description:

In recursive functions, Coldfusion seems to default to the outer-most scope in some conditions resulting in infinite recursion. Additionally, specifically using the "arguments" scope for the structToFlatten seemed to make no difference.

Steps to Reproduce:

Code example: (Code simplified for sake of demonstration)

    public string function doThing(required struct thing) {
        var thingString = "";
        var keyArray = arrayNew(1);

        // thing correct here

        for (key in thing) {
            // structToFlatten correct here
        }

        var keyList = listSort(arrayToList(keyArray),"text");

        for (i = 1; i lte listLen(keyList); i++) {
            var key = listgetat(keyList, i);
            var obj = thing[key];

            // thing, key, obj is from outermost scope here

            if(isStruct(obj)) {
                // thing, key, obj is from outermost scope here
                thingString = doThing(obj);
            } 
        }

        return thingString;
    }


Actual Result:

Recurses infinitely as it is continuously working on the same object which consistently meets the requirements to recurse.

Expected Result:

Uses the variable passed to it in the arguments

Any Workarounds:

No

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