TypeScript class instance not preserving state after method calls
I'm dealing with Can someone help me understand I'm getting frustrated with Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy..... I'm facing an issue where a TypeScript class instance seems to lose its state after I call one of its methods. I'm using TypeScript version 4.4.3 and I've defined a class as follows: ```typescript class Counter { private count: number; constructor(initialValue: number) { this.count = initialValue; } public increment() { this.count++; console.log(`Current count: ${this.count}`); } public reset() { this.count = 0; console.log(`Count reset to: ${this.count}`); } public getCount() { return this.count; } } ``` I create an instance of this class and call the methods like so: ```typescript const counter = new Counter(5); console.log(counter.getCount()); // Should print 5 counter.increment(); // Should increment to 6 console.log(counter.getCount()); // Now prints 6 counter.reset(); // Should reset to 0 console.log(counter.getCount()); // Now prints 0 ``` The output is as expected, but if I attempt to call `increment` again after `reset`, I sometimes see unexpected behavior where the count appears to reset back to 5 instead of incrementing from 0. I've also checked that no other code is modifying the `count` property directly. I suspect it might have something to do with instances being passed around and potentially getting mixed up. In other parts of my application, I’m using a service to manage these instances. Here’s how I’m using the service: ```typescript class CounterService { private counters: Map<string, Counter> = new Map(); public getCounter(id: string): Counter { if (!this.counters.has(id)) { this.counters.set(id, new Counter(0)); } return this.counters.get(id)!; } } const service = new CounterService(); const counter1 = service.getCounter('counter1'); const counter2 = service.getCounter('counter1'); counter1.increment(); // Should increment counter1 console.log(counter1.getCount()); // Should print 1 console.log(counter2.getCount()); // Should also print 1 ``` This seems fine at first, but when I interact with `counter2`, it behaves inconsistently as if it has its own state instead of sharing state with `counter1`. Any idea why this might be happening, or how I can ensure that my instances retain their state correctly? My development environment is macOS. I'm working on a web app that needs to handle this. Am I missing something obvious? My development environment is Ubuntu 22.04. Is there a simpler solution I'm overlooking? What's the correct way to implement this? For reference, this is a production REST API. Am I missing something obvious? I'm working on a CLI tool that needs to handle this. Has anyone else encountered this? Could someone point me to the right documentation? The project is a microservice built with Typescript. Thanks in advance!