fix corner case in `inline` (#3859)

fixes #3858

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 4dae2a9f..09eaacbf 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -4030,6 +4030,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
             if (stat instanceof AST_Return) {
                 var call = stat.value;
                 if (!call || call.TYPE != "Call") break;
+                if (call.is_expr_pure(compressor)) break;
                 var fn = call.expression;
                 if (fn instanceof AST_SymbolRef) {
                     if (self.name && self.name.definition() === fn.definition()) break;
diff --git a/test/compress/pure_funcs.js b/test/compress/pure_funcs.js
index 48140dd6..2ca21d00 100644
--- a/test/compress/pure_funcs.js
+++ b/test/compress/pure_funcs.js
@@ -680,3 +680,29 @@ issue_3325_2: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "PASS"
 }
+
+issue_3858: {
+    options = {
+        collapse_vars: true,
+        inline: true,
+        keep_fargs: "strict",
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        var f = function(a) {
+            return /*@__PURE__*/ function(b) {
+                console.log(b);
+            }(a);
+        };
+        f("PASS");
+    }
+    expect: {
+        var f = function(a) {
+            return function() {
+                console.log(a);
+            }();
+        };
+        f("PASS");
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+}