import { a, b } from './moduleA'
is similar to
const a = ...
const b = ...
in that you cannot assign the value afterward. It’s not quite the same because the values can change, but they can only be changed from inside the module. So you could do
let a = 5;
function setA(value) {
a = value;
}
export { a, setA };
with
import { a, setA } from "./moduleA";
setA(4);
console.log(a); // 4
From outside of a module you can mutate a value, just like you could with const
, like if you’re changing a property on an object, but you cannot make the variable point to an entirely different object.