2.05 change - bug or feature?

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

Create the following shell script:
    func() {
        echo $var
    }
    var=xxx func
            func
    var=yyy func

When run on bash 2.04, this produces

    xxx

    yyy

When run on bash 2.05, it produces

    xxx
    xxx
    yyy


Bug or feature?

LLaP
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