local failure

[Laurent Picquet]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../. -I.././include -I.././lib  -Wdate-time
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2
-fdebug-prefix-map=/build/bash-N2nMjo/bash-4.4.18=.
-fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall
-Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security
uname output: Linux laurent-HP-Notebook 4.15.0-65-generic #74-Ubuntu SMP
Tue Sep 17 17:06:04 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 4.4
Patch Level: 20
Release Status: release

Description:
        [Detailed description of the problem, suggestion, or complaint.]

Repeat-By:
function somethingThatFails {
    return 1
}

function aFunction {
    local aVar="$(somethingThatFails)" || { echo "is expected to go there";
return 1; }
}

function anotherFunction {
    local aVar
    aVar="$(somethingThatFails)" || { echo "does go there"; return 1; }
}

aFunction
anotherFunction