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Um. What are we achieving through this JS pattern? (taken from here: link) :
// public static
function Person() {
Person.TOTAL++;
}
Person.TOTAL = 0;
Because it seems we can just do:
Person.TOTAL++;
It’s a “public” property, in that it’s gettable and settable outside the class, and it’s “static” because there’s a single instance of the property.
The counter is incremented in the constructor function, but can be modified externally. The pattern makes sense but this use of it is questionable.