I’m confused. Aren’t getters and setters functions? Shouldn’t I be able to use the setter like a function and pass in the new value I want as a parameter of the setter like so: `person.age(22)`?

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I’m confused. Aren’t getters and setters functions? Shouldn’t I be able to use the setter like a function and pass in the new value I want as a parameter of the setter like so: person.age(22)?

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Yes, they are functions, but person.age don’t refer to the function itself so person.age() won’t call it. The getter and setter functions only invoke when the corresponding property is assigned.