fix corner case in `ie8` & `reduce_vars` (#4020)

fixes #4019

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 8ea5d8c9..1da49955 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
             d.assignments++;
             var fixed = d.fixed;
             if (safe_to_read(tw, d) && safe_to_assign(tw, d)) {
+                if (d.single_use) d.single_use = false;
                 push_ref(d, exp);
                 mark(tw, d);
                 d.fixed = function() {
diff --git a/test/compress/drop-unused.js b/test/compress/drop-unused.js
index 26721755..ee06199d 100644
--- a/test/compress/drop-unused.js
+++ b/test/compress/drop-unused.js
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ chained_3: {
     }
     expect: {
         console.log(function(a, b) {
-            var c = 2;
+            var c = b;
             b++;
             return c;
         }(0, 2));
diff --git a/test/compress/ie8.js b/test/compress/ie8.js
index 2115dbc6..8ed23102 100644
--- a/test/compress/ie8.js
+++ b/test/compress/ie8.js
@@ -2634,3 +2634,30 @@ issue_4015: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "1"
 }
+
+issue_4019: {
+    options = {
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    mangle = {
+        ie8: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var a = function() {
+            try {
+                console.log("FAIL");
+            } catch (b) {}
+        }, a = (console.log(a.length), ++a);
+    }
+    expect: {
+        var o = function() {
+            try {
+                console.log("FAIL");
+            } catch (o) {}
+        }, o = (console.log(o.length), ++o);
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "0"
+}