fix corner case in dead_code (#4984)

lib/compress.js

@@ -11085,9 +11085,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                         ]).optimize(compressor);
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (self.left instanceof AST_SymbolRef && all(self.left.definition().orig, function(sym) {
+            } else if (self.left instanceof AST_SymbolRef && can_drop_symbol(self.left, compressor)) {
-                return !(sym instanceof AST_SymbolConst);
-            })) {
                 var parent;
                 if (self.operator == "=" && self.left.equivalent_to(self.right)
                     && !((parent = compressor.parent()) instanceof AST_UnaryPrefix && parent.operator == "delete")) {

test/compress/let.js

@@ -20,6 +20,39 @@ retain_block: {
     node_version: ">=4"
 }
 
+retain_assignment: {
+    options = {
+        dead_code: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        "use strict";
+        function f() {
+            return a = 0;
+            let a;
+        }
+        try {
+            f();
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log("PASS");
+        }
+    }
+    expect: {
+        "use strict";
+        function f() {
+            return a = 0;
+            let a;
+        }
+        try {
+            f();
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.log("PASS");
+        }
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+    node_version: ">=4"
+}
+
 retain_catch: {
     options = {
         dead_code: true,
@@ -897,6 +930,7 @@ issue_4210: {
 issue_4212_1: {
     options = {
         dead_code: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
     }
     input: {
         "use strict";