From 2e6bbaea90ea10d3e949d997c39486237f3bc327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Galfaso <lgalfaso@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:21:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix($parse): `assign` returns the new value

The `.assign` function returns the new value.
The version with csp enabled already has this behavior.

Closes #12675
---
 src/ng/parse.js      | 1 +
 test/ng/parseSpec.js | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/ng/parse.js b/src/ng/parse.js
index b3e5c5642962..af07fce51630 100644
--- a/src/ng/parse.js
+++ b/src/ng/parse.js
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ ASTCompiler.prototype = {
       this.state.computing = 'assign';
       var result = this.nextId();
       this.recurse(assignable, result);
+      this.return_(result);
       extra = 'fn.assign=' + this.generateFunction('assign', 's,v,l');
     }
     var toWatch = getInputs(ast.body);
diff --git a/test/ng/parseSpec.js b/test/ng/parseSpec.js
index ae500a676189..5fef35eec346 100644
--- a/test/ng/parseSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/parseSpec.js
@@ -2797,6 +2797,14 @@ describe('parser', function() {
           expect(scope).toEqual({a:123});
         }));
 
+        it('should return the assigned value', inject(function($parse) {
+          var fn = $parse('a');
+          var scope = {};
+          expect(fn.assign(scope, 123)).toBe(123);
+          var someObject = {};
+          expect(fn.assign(scope, someObject)).toBe(someObject);
+        }));
+
         it('should expose working assignment function for expressions ending with brackets', inject(function($parse) {
           var fn = $parse('a.b["c"]');
           expect(fn.assign).toBeTruthy();