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Failing to initialize a class property in TypeScript

TypeScriptStrict Compiler FlagsstrictPropertyInitializationintermediate

What this snippet does

Under strict mode, class properties must be initialized in the constructor or have a default value.

Expected output

Compile Error: Property 'x' has no initializer and is not definitely assigned in the constructor.

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