fix corner case in `collapse_vars` (#3928)

fixes #3927

2 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 644746e4..cc2d1ecb 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                     scope = node;
                     break;
                 } else if (node instanceof AST_Try) {
-                    in_try = node;
+                    if (!in_try) in_try = node;
                 }
             } while (node = compressor.parent(level++));
         }
diff --git a/test/compress/collapse_vars.js b/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
index 446377a1..737697a8 100644
--- a/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
+++ b/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
@@ -8108,3 +8108,37 @@ issue_3908: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "PASS"
 }
+
+issue_3927: {
+    options = {
+        collapse_vars: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var a = 0;
+        console.log(function(b) {
+            try {
+                try {
+                    if (a + (b = "PASS", true)) return;
+                    b.p;
+                } finally {
+                    return b;
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+            }
+        }());
+    }
+    expect: {
+        var a = 0;
+        console.log(function(b) {
+            try {
+                try {
+                    if (a + (b = "PASS", true)) return;
+                    b.p;
+                } finally {
+                    return b;
+                }
+            } catch (e) {}
+        }());
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+}