fix corner case in `collapse_vars` (#4071)

fixes #4070

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 4de587ae..3f0ea219 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                         col: node.start.col
                     });
                     if (candidate instanceof AST_UnaryPostfix) {
-                        lhs.definition().fixed = false;
+                        if (lhs instanceof AST_SymbolRef) lhs.definition().fixed = false;
                         return make_node(AST_UnaryPrefix, candidate, candidate);
                     }
                     if (candidate instanceof AST_VarDef) {
diff --git a/test/compress/collapse_vars.js b/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
index c042f969..709fc6b7 100644
--- a/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
+++ b/test/compress/collapse_vars.js
@@ -8538,3 +8538,25 @@ issue_4051: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "undefined"
 }
+
+issue_4070: {
+    options = {
+        collapse_vars: true,
+        pure_getters: "strict",
+        reduce_vars: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        console.log(function f() {
+            function g() {}
+            g.p++;
+            return f.p = g.p;
+        }());
+    }
+    expect: {
+        console.log(function f() {
+            function g() {}
+            return f.p = ++g.p;
+        }());
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "NaN"
+}