Bug 189316

Summary: The error message for reassignment to const variables should say “variable” not “property"
Product: WebKit Reporter: Thomas Denney <tdenney>
Component: JavaScriptCoreAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: Normal CC: fpizlo, ysuzuki
Priority: P2    
Version: WebKit Nightly Build   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   

Description Thomas Denney 2018-09-05 13:35:45 PDT
In the following JS:

        "use strict";
        
        class Example {
            get thing() { return 0; }
        }

        const example = new Example();
        example.thing = 1; // TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property.
        example = new Example(); // TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly property.

The same error message appears for both assignments, however the latter should read “TypeError: Attempted to assign to readonly variable.” rather than property.