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"Used before initialization" error false positives and negatives with optional properties
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
used before its initialization
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- This changed between versions 4.2.3 and 4.3.5
- This changed in commit or PR #43100 ([`0967f3b`](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/43100/commits/0967f3bac1d82b61d93090eed8e81aa401426d82))
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?useDefineForClassFields=true&ts=5.8.3#code/MYGwhgzhAEDC0G8BQ1XTNAvNALgCwEsIA6AIwG4U1SB+ALmgDsBXAW1IFMAnLaARgBMAZkoBfJElCQYAEURVUYBi3bdoAH2jNGAEw4AzAow47KaaKV74ixDNkEik4oA
### 💻 Code
```ts
class C {
a = this.b;
b?: number = 123;
}
class D {
a: number | undefined;
b = this.a = 123;
}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
When initializing `C.a`: no error.
When initializing `D.b`:
```
Property 'a' is used before its initialization. (2729)
```
### 🙂 Expected behavior
When initializing `C.a`:
```
Property 'b' is used before its initialization. (2729)
```
When initializing `D.b`: no error.
### Additional information about the issue
Tried with both `useDefineForClassFields` set to `true` and `false`.
The behavior is as expected when switching the use of `undefined` and the "optional" `?` modifier like this:
```ts
class C {
a = this.b;
b: number | undefined = 123;
}
class D {
a?: number;
b = this.a = 123;
}
```
#43100 seems to have taken a wrong approach. Instead of basing the decision to report an error on whether the `?` modifier is present, it should be based on whether the property access is on the left-hand side of an assignment expression.
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