Fix (typeof side_effect()) in boolean context

Fixes #1289 with suggestion by @rvanvelzen

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 14fb8f1e..1845717c 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -2314,6 +2314,12 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                 // typeof always returns a non-empty string, thus it's
                 // always true in booleans
                 compressor.warn("Boolean expression always true [{file}:{line},{col}]", self.start);
+                if (self.expression.has_side_effects(compressor)) {
+                    return make_node(AST_Seq, self, {
+                        car: self.expression,
+                        cdr: make_node(AST_True, self)
+                    });
+                }
                 return make_node(AST_True, self);
             }
             if (e instanceof AST_Binary && self.operator == "!") {
diff --git a/test/compress/typeof.js b/test/compress/typeof.js
index cefdd43c..fb391573 100644
--- a/test/compress/typeof.js
+++ b/test/compress/typeof.js
@@ -23,3 +23,25 @@ typeof_evaluation: {
         h='undefined';
     }
 }
+
+typeof_in_boolean_context: {
+    options = {
+        booleans     : true,
+        evaluate     : true,
+        conditionals : true,
+    };
+    input: {
+        function f1(x) { return typeof x ? "yes" : "no"; }
+        function f2() { return typeof g()? "Yes" : "No"; }
+        typeof 0 ? foo() : bar();
+        !typeof console.log(1);
+        var a = !typeof console.log(2);
+    }
+    expect: {
+        function f1(x) { return "yes"; }
+        function f2() { return g(), "Yes"; }
+        foo();
+        !(console.log(1), !0);
+        var a = !(console.log(2), !0);
+    }
+}