tracker issue : CF-4204083

Problem Description: 
In a function the function-local (var) scope continues to be in effect in memory after an originally var-scoped variable becomes null.

Steps to Reproduce:
Create and run a CFM page containing the following code

<cfscript>
f();

void function f () {
	// Assign testVar
	var testVar=1;
	var isTestVarNull=isNull(local.testVar);
	var isTestVarDefinedInLocalScope=isDefined("local.testVar");
	var isTestVarKeyInLocalStruct=structKeyExists(local, "testVar");
	writedump(var=local,label="Local scope: first dump - with assignment 'var testVar=1;'");
	
	// TestVar now takes null value
	testVar=cacheget("nonExistentCacheId");
	isTestVarNull=isNull(local.testVar);
	isTestVarDefinedInLocalScope=isDefined("local.testVar");
	isTestVarKeyInLocalStruct=structKeyExists(local, "testVar");
	writedump(var=local,label="Local scope: second dump - after testVar takes null value");

	// Reassign testVar
	testVar=5;
	isTestVarNull=isNull(local.testVar);
	isTestVarDefinedInLocalScope=isDefined("local.testVar");
	isTestVarKeyInLocalStruct=structKeyExists(local, "testVar");
	writedump(var=local,label="Local scope: third dump - after reassignment 'testVar=5;' (without 'var')");
}
</cfscript>

This code assigns the function-local variable testVar the value 1. After that, testVar is made to become null. Then follows the assignment testVar=5, without scope. 

Actual Result (see attached dumps):
isTestVarNull is No;
isTestVarDefinedInLocalScope is Yes;
isTestVarKeyInLocalStruct is Yes;

Expected Result:
I expected testVar, and any references to it, to have disappeared from memory. I also expected that, following the null assignment, the assignment testVar=5 (without scope) would define a new variable in variables scope. Hence that:
 
isTestVarNull is Yes;
isTestVarDefinedInLocalScope is No;
isTestVarKeyInLocalStruct is No;

Any Workarounds:
Not relevant

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