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Kevin Powell - Community•16mo ago•
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class questions

Hey, i have a few questions about classes given this code:
class Message {
  constructor(message) {
    this._message = message
  }
 
  get message() {
    return this._message
  }
}

x = new Message("example message")
console.log(x.message)

1) why does the this variable need to have a different identifer (in this case _) to prevent it from giving this error? "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property message of #<Example> which has only a getter at new Example"

2) if i try to use a function that isn't a getter to return a this value, like below, it returns "ƒ getMessage() { return this._message; }" rather than "example message". Why is this? Is there anything like this with setters too?
class Message {
  constructor(message) {
    this._message = message
  }
 
  getMessage() {
    return this._message
  }
}

3) why may you want to store a class in a variable? e.g. const x = class Message {...}

Thanks in advance.
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