fix(@angular/cli): use 3 uglify passes with build-optimizer

PURE comments work best with 3 passes. See webpack/webpack#2899 (comment) for context and an example. Thanks to @kzc for highlighting this.
angular · Aug 3, 2017 · df6d331 · df6d331
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diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/production.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/production.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ export const getProdConfig = function (wco: WebpackConfigOptions) {
     // This plugin must be before webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin.
     extraPlugins.push(new PurifyPlugin());
     uglifyCompressOptions.pure_getters = true;
+    // PURE comments work best with 3 passes.
+    // See https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2899#issuecomment-317425926.
+    uglifyCompressOptions.passes = 3;
   }
 
   return {