suppress `hoist_props` for embedded assignments (#3074)

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 66dc10cf..454ce945 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -3639,7 +3639,10 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
         var top_retain = self instanceof AST_Toplevel && compressor.top_retain || return_false;
         var defs_by_id = Object.create(null);
         return self.transform(new TreeTransformer(function(node, descend) {
-            if (node instanceof AST_Assign && node.operator == "=" && can_hoist(node.left, node.right, 1)) {
+            if (node instanceof AST_Assign
+                && node.operator == "="
+                && node.write_only
+                && can_hoist(node.left, node.right, 1)) {
                 descend(node, this);
                 var defs = new Dictionary();
                 var assignments = [];
diff --git a/test/compress/hoist_props.js b/test/compress/hoist_props.js
index 0e399167..46af9d72 100644
--- a/test/compress/hoist_props.js
+++ b/test/compress/hoist_props.js
@@ -824,3 +824,35 @@ issue_3071_2_toplevel: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "1"
 }
+
+issue_3071_3: {
+    options = {
+        hoist_props: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var c = 0;
+        (function(a, b) {
+            (function f(o) {
+                var n = 2;
+                while (--b + (o = {
+                    p: c++,
+                }) && --n > 0);
+            })();
+        })();
+        console.log(c);
+    }
+    expect: {
+        var c = 0;
+        (function(a, b) {
+            (function f(o) {
+                var n = 2;
+                while (--b + (o = {
+                    p: c++,
+                }) && --n > 0);
+            })();
+        })();
+        console.log(c);
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "2"
+}