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[BUG] bpp: Nonprimitive assignments prefacing commands should be command-local only #20

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In Bash, prefacing a command with variable assignments has the effect that those assignments only hold for that command. E.g.:

var="initial value"
var="new value" echo hi
echo $var # This echoes "initial value"
# Since $var only held "new value" for the duration of the command that directly followed the assignment

However, our compiler currently does not take care in this case to ensure that these assignments are in fact command-local

To Reproduce

@object.member="initial value"
@object.member="new value" echo hi
echo @object.member # This echoes "new value" -- it should not.

TODO: Review specific wording in Bash manual pages to ensure that we're matching their behavior exactly

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