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const { log } = console;

// ------------------------ user ---------------------------
let user = {
    
    // instance properties
    name   : 'John',
    surname: 'Smith',

    // setter/getter
    set fullName(value) {
	[this.name, this.surname] = value.split(' ');
    },

    get fullName() {
	return `${this.name} ${this.surname}`;
    }
};

// -------------------------- admin -------------------------
let admin = {
    __proto__: user,        // ⭐ admin.__proto__ === user
    isAdmin: true,
};

// ------------------------- test --------------------------
[
    admin.fullName,                    // 📤 get: "John Smith"   (from `admin.__proto__`❗)
    admin.fullName = 'Alice Cooper',   // 🖊️ set: "Alice Cooper" (this === admin❗)
    admin.fullName,                    // 📤 get: "Alice Cooper" (from `admin`❗)
    
    user.fullName,                     // 📤 get: "John Smith"   (from `user`, this === user❗)
    
].forEach(x => log(x));

// ⭐️ `__proto__` is a getter & setter for [[Prototype]]
obj.__proto__            // call getter
obj.__proto__ = proto    // call setter
Object.getPrototypeOf(obj)
Object.setPrototypeOf(obj, proto)