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1. 181.▲
   by __ryan__ 8y ago

   Because the difference between `object.count` and `object.#count` is NOT purely syntactical. Information is needed at the call site to determine if it is a private field access compared to an object property access. This is because a priva
2. 182.▲
   by __ryan__ 8y ago

   The difference is that when you type example.myVar = 400 you are setting a property names "myVar" on the object to 400. When you type example.#myVar you are trying to set example's private field to 400. The intentions a
3. 183.▲
   by __ryan__ 8y ago

   Not as far as the spec is concerned. They decided that private variables should be completely scoped to the class. "Having a private field named x must not prevent there from being a public field named x, so accessing a private field c
4. 184.▲
   by __ryan__ 8y ago

   The rationale for the "#" syntax is that it makes it clear that the field is NOT an object property. This is an important distinction because you can do this: class Example { #myVar = 100; getPrivateMyVar() {