fix corner case in `dead_code` (#4373)

fixes #4372

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 96589686..db91155c 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -9293,12 +9293,16 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                     node = parent;
                     parent = compressor.parent(level++);
                     if (parent instanceof AST_Assign) {
-                        if (parent.left instanceof AST_PropAccess) break;
-                        if (!(parent.left instanceof AST_SymbolRef)) continue;
-                        if (parent.left.definition() !== def) continue;
-                        if (in_try(level, parent)) break;
-                        def.fixed = false;
-                        return strip_assignment();
+                        var found = false;
+                        if (parent.left.match_symbol(function(node) {
+                            if (node instanceof AST_PropAccess) return true;
+                            if (!found && node instanceof AST_SymbolRef && node.definition() === def) {
+                                if (in_try(level, parent)) return true;
+                                def.fixed = false;
+                                found = true;
+                            }
+                        })) break;
+                        if (found) return strip_assignment();
                     } else if (parent instanceof AST_Exit) {
                         if (!local) break;
                         if (in_try(level, parent)) break;