*** ../bash-4.0/builtins/declare.def	2009-01-04 14:32:22.000000000 -0500
--- builtins/declare.def	2009-02-25 09:41:35.000000000 -0500
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*** 288,291 ****
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  	    }
  	}
+       else if (legal_identifier (name) == 0)
+ 	{
+ 	  sh_invalidid (name);
+ 	  assign_error++;
+ 	  NEXT_VARIABLE ();
+ 	}
        else
  	value = "";