tc39 / tc39/proposal-private-declarations

Issues on mixed usage with private instance fields

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Description

While we define an identical private field name to a private declaration, although they are similar to normal instance field declarations, they behave differently on semantics.

private #hello;
const hello = 'hello';
class Example {
  #hello = 'crap!';
  [#hello] = 'world!';
  hello = 'crap!';
  [hello] = 'world!';

  sayHello () {
    console.log(this.#hello);
    // => 'crap!'
    console.log(this[#hello]);
    // => 'world!'

    console.log(this.hello);
    // => 'world!'
    console.log(this[hello]);
    // => 'world!'
  }
}

const ex = new Example();
console.log(ex.#hello);
// => 'world!'

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Start with the mixed-usage example in this issue and compare its private and computed field access cases against the proposal's intended semantics. Determine whether the differing behavior is intentional and document the resolution in the proposal; no repository file or test is named.

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Tech stack
javascript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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