I'd rather both have this option and have it work reliably. It's ridiculous that export VAR=$(cmd1 | cmd2) does not count as a pipefail when cmd1 or cmd2

I'd rather both have this option and have it work reliably. It's ridiculous that export VAR=$(cmd1 | cmd2) does not count as a pipefail when cmd1 or cmd2 fail but VAR=$(cmd1 | cmd2) does, so the "correct" way to set an environment variable from a pipeline's output is actually VAR=$(cmd1 | cmd2) export VAR