function a() { b(); c = 1; throw "d"; // completely discarding the `if` would introduce some // bugs. UglifyJS v1 doesn't deal with this issue; in v2 // we copy any declarations to the upper scope. if (c) { e(); var c; function b() { } ; // but nested declarations should not be kept. (function() { var f; function e() { } ; })(); } }