Private Static Methods (Stage 3)

[tim-mc]

Info

Proposal Status: Stage 3 @ May 2018 TC39 meeting
Meeting Slides: Status Class Features
Proposal Repo: tc39/proposal-static-class-features

Article on class features subject by @syg: "The Semantics of All JS Class Elements"

Prior Work:

• Static class features (Private Static Fields Features: Stage 3 babel#8205)
• Private methods (Private class methods stage 3 babel#8654)
• Private accessors (Private Class Methods Stage 3: Private Accessors babel#9101)

Example

class Account {
   // ...
  static #makeTransaction(dollars, from, to) {
    Account.#transactions = this.#transactions.concat(/* ... */);
  }
  
  transfer(dollars, targetAccount) {
    return Account.#makeTransaction(dollars, this, targetAccount);
  }
}

cc @robpalme @littledan @nicolo-ribaudo

[tim-mc]

I plan to begin putting together a WIP PR for this soon.

[tim-mc]

This is completed now that babel/babel#9446 has been merged.

I'll open another issue for private static accessors.