scan within IIFEs of assigned values (#2702)

fixes #2701

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/compress/dead-code.js b/test/compress/dead-code.js
index 68ee4b12..32bb88e6 100644
--- a/test/compress/dead-code.js
+++ b/test/compress/dead-code.js
@@ -881,3 +881,31 @@ issue_2692: {
     }
     expect_stdout: "function"
 }
+
+issue_2701: {
+    options = {
+        dead_code: true,
+        inline: false,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f(a) {
+            return a = function() {
+                return function() {
+                    return a;
+                };
+            }();
+        }
+        console.log(typeof f()());
+    }
+    expect: {
+        function f(a) {
+            return a = function() {
+                return function() {
+                    return a;
+                };
+            }();
+        }
+        console.log(typeof f()());
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "function"
+}