[Bug]: Property init of ForStatement expected node to be of a type

[clhiker]

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• Would you like to work on a fix?

How are you using Babel?

@babel/cli

Input code

for ( let x in Symbol.replace ) for ( var { } = x ; ; ) ;

Here is the REPL

Configuration file name

babel.config.json

Configuration

{
  "sourceType": "unambiguous",
  "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"],
  "plugins": [
    "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime"
  ]
}

Current and expected behavior

When Babel transpiles this code, it throws the following error:

Property init of ForStatement expected node to be of a type ["VariableDeclaration","Expression"] but instead got "ExpressionStatement"

However, the code can be run by node and transpiled by swc. This is the repl

Environment

• babel
• • ├── @babel/cli@7.18.6
• • ├── @babel/plugin-transform-runtime@7.18.6
• • ├── @babel/preset-env@7.18.6
• Node: [v17.3.0]
• npm version [8.5.2]
• os [ubuntu 20.04]

Possible solution

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Additional context

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