Allows private property access without warnings

[leanderpaul]

🔎 Search Terms

private properties public access, private properties

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about this but have not found any answers.

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?target=99&jsx=0&ts=3.3.3#code/MYGwhgzhAEAiCmBbA9tA3gKGtADgJwEsA3MAF3mgPMWgF5oByfYs+Bgbi2gjERxAr0AjJwC+GDMGQA7CKWgATJKnrT4AdzjKAFAEpOU2cgEA6EMgDm2pSgDaDKkgYBdXRhvITjxEA

💻 Code

class Demo {
  private item = 'private';
  sample = 1;
}

const demo = new Demo();
console.log(demo['item'])
demo.item

🙁 Actual behavior

I am able to access the item property without the typescript throwing any errors. This property is a private property so typescript is supposed to throw an error like Property 'item' is private and only accessible within class 'Demo'.

🙂 Expected behavior

The typescript should throw an error Property 'item' is private and only accessible within class 'Demo'.

Additional information about the issue

No response

[MartinJohns]

This is working as intended. Duplicate of #26328.