declare within function: Forget about what I wrote.

[hcz]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib   -g -O2
uname output: Linux tazzelwurm 2.6.11hcz1 #2 Fri Mar 11 20:01:21 CET 2005 i686 
GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 3.0
Patch Level: 16
Release Status: release

Description:

        Forget my last message about what the declare statement does
        when used within a function.  I apologize for wasting your time.

Greetings,

 Heike