I agree with you and I had this same question when the article discussing private class fields was posted here a few days ago. There has been a lot of discussi

I agree with you and I had this same question when the article discussing private class fields was posted here a few days ago. There has been a lot of discussion regarding public and private keywords here: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-class-fields/blob/master/PRIVATE_SYNTAX_FAQ.md#why-arent-declarations-private-x https://github.com/tc39/proposal-class-fields/blob/master/PR...