diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
index e8e6f140..da3883cf 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/coffee-script.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (function() {
-  var Lexer, RESERVED, compile, fs, lexer, parser, path, vm, _ref;
-  var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
+  var Lexer, RESERVED, compile, fs, lexer, parser, path, vm, _ref,
+    __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
 
   fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js b/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
index a4178c71..81c16da4 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (function() {
-  var BOOL, CALLABLE, CODE, COFFEE_ALIASES, COFFEE_ALIAS_MAP, COFFEE_KEYWORDS, COMMENT, COMPARE, COMPOUND_ASSIGN, HEREDOC, HEREDOC_ILLEGAL, HEREDOC_INDENT, HEREGEX, HEREGEX_OMIT, IDENTIFIER, INDEXABLE, INVERSES, JSTOKEN, JS_FORBIDDEN, JS_KEYWORDS, LINE_BREAK, LINE_CONTINUER, LOGIC, Lexer, MATH, MULTILINER, MULTI_DENT, NOT_REGEX, NOT_SPACED_REGEX, NUMBER, OPERATOR, REGEX, RELATION, RESERVED, Rewriter, SHIFT, SIMPLESTR, TRAILING_SPACES, UNARY, WHITESPACE, compact, count, key, last, starts, _ref, _ref2;
-  var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
+  var BOOL, CALLABLE, CODE, COFFEE_ALIASES, COFFEE_ALIAS_MAP, COFFEE_KEYWORDS, COMMENT, COMPARE, COMPOUND_ASSIGN, HEREDOC, HEREDOC_ILLEGAL, HEREDOC_INDENT, HEREGEX, HEREGEX_OMIT, IDENTIFIER, INDEXABLE, INVERSES, JSTOKEN, JS_FORBIDDEN, JS_KEYWORDS, LINE_BREAK, LINE_CONTINUER, LOGIC, Lexer, MATH, MULTILINER, MULTI_DENT, NOT_REGEX, NOT_SPACED_REGEX, NUMBER, OPERATOR, REGEX, RELATION, RESERVED, Rewriter, SHIFT, SIMPLESTR, TRAILING_SPACES, UNARY, WHITESPACE, compact, count, key, last, starts, _ref, _ref2,
+    __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
+    __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
 
   _ref = require('./rewriter'), Rewriter = _ref.Rewriter, INVERSES = _ref.INVERSES;
 
diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/nodes.js b/lib/coffee-script/nodes.js
index 5d8647ea..ade4c359 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/nodes.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 (function() {
-  var Access, Arr, Assign, Base, Block, Call, Class, Closure, Code, Comment, Existence, Extends, For, IDENTIFIER, IDENTIFIER_STR, IS_STRING, If, In, Index, LEVEL_ACCESS, LEVEL_COND, LEVEL_LIST, LEVEL_OP, LEVEL_PAREN, LEVEL_TOP, Literal, METHOD_DEF, NEGATE, NO, Obj, Op, Param, Parens, RESERVED, Range, Return, SIMPLENUM, Scope, Slice, Splat, Switch, TAB, THIS, Throw, Try, UTILITIES, Value, While, YES, compact, del, ends, extend, flatten, last, merge, multident, starts, unfoldSoak, utility, _ref;
-  var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, __extends = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (__hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor; child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; }, __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
+  var Access, Arr, Assign, Base, Block, Call, Class, Closure, Code, Comment, Existence, Extends, For, IDENTIFIER, IDENTIFIER_STR, IS_STRING, If, In, Index, LEVEL_ACCESS, LEVEL_COND, LEVEL_LIST, LEVEL_OP, LEVEL_PAREN, LEVEL_TOP, Literal, METHOD_DEF, NEGATE, NO, Obj, Op, Param, Parens, RESERVED, Range, Return, SIMPLENUM, Scope, Slice, Splat, Switch, TAB, THIS, Throw, Try, UTILITIES, Value, While, YES, compact, del, ends, extend, flatten, last, merge, multident, starts, unfoldSoak, utility, _ref,
+    __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
+    __extends = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (__hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor; child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; },
+    __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; };
 
   Scope = require('./scope').Scope;
 
@@ -312,7 +314,7 @@
     };
 
     Block.prototype.compileWithDeclarations = function(o) {
-      var assigns, code, declars, exp, i, post, rest, scope, _len, _ref2;
+      var assigns, code, declars, exp, i, post, rest, scope, tab, _len, _ref2;
       code = post = '';
       _ref2 = this.expressions;
       for (i = 0, _len = _ref2.length; i < _len; i++) {
@@ -333,12 +335,19 @@
       if (scope.expressions === this) {
         declars = o.scope.hasDeclarations();
         assigns = scope.hasAssignments;
-        if ((declars || assigns) && i) code += '\n';
-        if (declars) {
-          code += "" + this.tab + "var " + (scope.declaredVariables().join(', ')) + ";\n";
-        }
-        if (assigns) {
-          code += "" + this.tab + "var " + (multident(scope.assignedVariables().join(', '), this.tab)) + ";\n";
+        if (declars || assigns) {
+          if (i) code += '\n';
+          code += "" + this.tab + "var ";
+          if (declars) code += scope.declaredVariables().join(', ');
+          if (assigns) {
+            tab = this.tab;
+            if (declars) {
+              tab += TAB;
+              code += ",\n" + tab;
+            }
+            code += scope.assignedVariables().join(",\n" + tab);
+          }
+          code += ';\n';
         }
       }
       return code + post;
@@ -559,8 +568,8 @@
     };
 
     Value.prototype.unfoldSoak = function(o) {
-      var result;
-      var _this = this;
+      var result,
+        _this = this;
       if (this.unfoldedSoak != null) return this.unfoldedSoak;
       result = (function() {
         var fst, i, ifn, prop, ref, snd, _len, _ref2;
diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js b/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
index 578741b0..549d5eff 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/rewriter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 (function() {
-  var BALANCED_PAIRS, EXPRESSION_CLOSE, EXPRESSION_END, EXPRESSION_START, IMPLICIT_BLOCK, IMPLICIT_CALL, IMPLICIT_END, IMPLICIT_FUNC, IMPLICIT_UNSPACED_CALL, INVERSES, LINEBREAKS, SINGLE_CLOSERS, SINGLE_LINERS, left, rite, _i, _len, _ref;
-  var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty, __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; }, __slice = Array.prototype.slice;
+  var BALANCED_PAIRS, EXPRESSION_CLOSE, EXPRESSION_END, EXPRESSION_START, IMPLICIT_BLOCK, IMPLICIT_CALL, IMPLICIT_END, IMPLICIT_FUNC, IMPLICIT_UNSPACED_CALL, INVERSES, LINEBREAKS, SINGLE_CLOSERS, SINGLE_LINERS, left, rite, _i, _len, _ref,
+    __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
+    __indexOf = Array.prototype.indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (__hasProp.call(this, i) && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; },
+    __slice = Array.prototype.slice;
 
   exports.Rewriter = (function() {
 
diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/scope.js b/lib/coffee-script/scope.js
index df1415ea..1abb5641 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/scope.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/scope.js
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
     }
 
     Scope.prototype.add = function(name, type, immediate) {
-      var pos;
       if (this.shared && !immediate) return this.parent.add(name, type, immediate);
-      if (typeof (pos = this.positions[name]) === 'number') {
-        return this.variables[pos].type = type;
+      if (this.positions.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+        return this.variables[this.positions[name]].type = type;
       } else {
         return this.positions[name] = this.variables.push({
           name: name,
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
       this.add(name, {
         value: value,
         assigned: true
-      });
+      }, true);
       return this.hasAssignments = true;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index 00d266a4..979e6c48 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -269,12 +269,18 @@ exports.Block = class Block extends Base
     if scope.expressions is this
       declars = o.scope.hasDeclarations()
       assigns = scope.hasAssignments
-      if (declars or assigns) and i
-        code += '\n'
-      if declars
-        code += "#{@tab}var #{ scope.declaredVariables().join(', ') };\n"
-      if assigns
-        code += "#{@tab}var #{ multident scope.assignedVariables().join(', '), @tab };\n"
+      if declars or assigns
+        code += '\n' if i
+        code += "#{@tab}var "
+        if declars
+          code += scope.declaredVariables().join ', '
+        if assigns
+          tab = @tab
+          if declars
+            tab += TAB
+            code += ",\n#{tab}"
+          code += scope.assignedVariables().join ",\n#{tab}"
+        code += ';\n'
     code + post
 
   # Wrap up the given nodes as a **Block**, unless it already happens
diff --git a/src/scope.coffee b/src/scope.coffee
index 99b329c0..53a6b62b 100644
--- a/src/scope.coffee
+++ b/src/scope.coffee
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ exports.Scope = class Scope
   # Adds a new variable or overrides an existing one.
   add: (name, type, immediate) ->
     return @parent.add name, type, immediate if @shared and not immediate
-    if typeof (pos = @positions[name]) is 'number'
-      @variables[pos].type = type
+    if @positions.hasOwnProperty name
+      @variables[@positions[name]].type = type
     else
       @positions[name] = @variables.push({name, type}) - 1
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ exports.Scope = class Scope
   # Ensure that an assignment is made at the top of this scope
   # (or at the top-level scope, if requested).
   assign: (name, value) ->
-    @add name, value: value, assigned: true
+    @add name, (value: value, assigned: true), yes
     @hasAssignments = yes
 
   # Does this scope have any declared variables?
diff --git a/test/functions.coffee b/test/functions.coffee
index 5276b63f..0327cedf 100644
--- a/test/functions.coffee
+++ b/test/functions.coffee
@@ -178,3 +178,7 @@ test "arguments vs parameters", ->
   doesNotThrow -> CoffeeScript.compile "f(x) ->"
   f = (g) -> g()
   eq 5, f (x) -> 5
+
+test "#1844: bound functions in nested comprehensions causing empty var statements", ->
+  a = ((=>) for a in [0] for b in [0])
+  eq 1, a.length