unexpected for outer behavior at repl?

[Sacha0]

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julia> foo() = (k = 0; for outer k in 1:2 println(k) end; k)
foo (generic function with 1 method)

julia> foo()
1
2
2

julia> k = 0; for outer k in 1:2 println(k) end
ERROR: syntax: no outer variable declaration exists for "for outer"

Expected behavior, or should the latter work like the former? Best!

[JeffBezanson]

This will depend a bit on #19324 and #23532.

[DanielVandH]

Has there been any update on this? #19324 and #23532 are both merged now.