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Unexpected dead code removal of string compare result #1592

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Run dead code removal on following code test.js

var result = ('a' === 'b');
var notTheSame = (result === false);
console.log(notTheSame); // notTheSame is true

with uglify@2.8.0, uglify@2.8.11

uglifyjs -c dead_code=true test.js

will output

WARN: Non-strict equality against boolean: == false [test.js:1,13]
var result=0,notTheSame=result===!1;console.log(notTheSame);  // notTheSame is false

Expected output is

var result=!1,notTheSame=result===!1;console.log(notTheSame); // notTheSame is true

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