From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 12:09:52 -0400
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Subject: Re: Bash 2.05 beta of 28-Aug-2001 query
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> > Bash 2.05 less example:
> > OSTYPE=msdosdjgpp
> > PATH=$'c:/dj204/bin;c:/windows;c:/windows/command;c:/bin'

From the documentation:

3.  New Features in Bash

b.  When `set' is called without options, it prints function defintions in a
    way that allows them to be reused as input.  This affects `declare' and
    `declare -p' as well.

then look at the ansi-c quoting rules section.