fix corner case in `inline` (#3915)

fixes #3911

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 006b635a..06d04cc5 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -6234,9 +6234,9 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                 && !fn.uses_arguments
                 && !fn.pinned()
                 && !(fn.name && fn instanceof AST_Function)
-                && (value = can_flatten_body(stat))
                 && (exp === fn
                     || !recursive_ref(compressor, def = exp.definition()) && fn.is_constant_expression(exp.scope))
+                && (value = can_flatten_body(stat))
                 && !fn.contains_this()) {
                 if (can_substitute_directly()) {
                     var args = self.args.slice();
diff --git a/test/compress/functions.js b/test/compress/functions.js
index db5466ea..7ad6ff03 100644
--- a/test/compress/functions.js
+++ b/test/compress/functions.js
@@ -4680,3 +4680,28 @@ issue_3852: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "PASS"
 }
+
+issue_3911: {
+    options = {
+        collapse_vars: true,
+        conditionals: true,
+        inline: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f() {
+            return function() {
+                if (a) (a++, b += a);
+                f();
+            };
+        }
+        var a = f, b;
+        console.log("PASS");
+    }
+    expect: {
+        console.log("PASS");
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+}