route.js "ReferenceError: hash is not defined"

[zwirn1981]

We are having problems with route.js.
The error is the following: "ReferenceError: hash is not defined"

It referse to Line25 and Line35:

     if ((hash = newVal.indexOf('#')) > -1){

The problem is the allocation and definition of "hash" inside the if-statement.
Is there a reason why you do it that way?
Our solution is to define and allocate "hash" outside the if-statement:

    var hash = newVal.indexOf('#');
    if (hash > -1){

This way it should work always.