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+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/11480
+// This code should not throw a SyntaxError.
+
+const a = 1;
+const b = 1;
+let c;
+
+((a + 1), {c} = b);
+
+assert.strictEqual(c, undefined);