convert `while` into `for`

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index a7a6172b..59c9128d 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -1118,6 +1118,15 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
         return self;
     });
 
+    OPT(AST_While, function(self, compressor) {
+        if (!compressor.option("loops")) return self;
+        self = AST_DWLoop.prototype.optimize.call(self, compressor);
+        if (self instanceof AST_While) {
+            self = make_node(AST_For, self, self);
+        }
+        return self;
+    });
+
     OPT(AST_For, function(self, compressor){
         var cond = self.condition;
         if (cond) {