set -eu star='*' space=' ' a=(')' 'b b' c) multiarg1() { local foo=$star bar=$space baz=("${a[@]}") false test "$foo-$bar" = '*- ' test "$(printf '%s, ' "${baz[@]}")" = '), b b, c, ' false= } multiarg1 ! test -v foo ! test -v bar ! test -v baz ! test -v false multiarg2() { declare foo=$star bar=$space baz=("${a[@]}") false test "$foo-$bar" = '*- ' test "$(printf '%s, ' "${baz[@]}")" = '), b b, c, ' false= } multiarg2 ! test -v foo ! test -v bar ! test -v baz ! test -v false foo=$star bar=$space baz=("${a[@]}") test "$foo-$bar" = '*- ' test "$(printf '%s, ' "${baz[@]}")" = '), b b, c, ' unset foo bar baz readonly foo=$star bar=$space baz=("${a[@]}") false test "$foo-$bar" = '*- ' test "$(printf '%s, ' "${baz[@]}")" = '), b b, c, '