move localizedStrings to separate file, #1550 scenerystack/scenerysta…

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js/browser/LocalizedString.ts

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import arrayRemove from '../../../phet-core/js/arrayRemove.js';
 import { PhetioID } from '../../../tandem/js/phet-io-types.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import chipper from './chipper.js';
-import { localizedStrings } from './getStringModule.js';
 import LocalizedStringProperty from './LocalizedStringProperty.js';
+import localizedStrings from './localizedStrings.js';
 
 // constants
 const FALLBACK_LOCALE = 'en';

js/browser/getStringModule.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ import Tandem from '../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
 import IOType from '../../../tandem/js/types/IOType.js';
 import ObjectLiteralIO from '../../../tandem/js/types/ObjectLiteralIO.js';
 import LocalizedString, { LocalizedStringStateDelta, StringsStateStateObject } from './LocalizedString.js';
+import localizedStrings from './localizedStrings.js';
 
 // constants
 const FALLBACK_LOCALE = 'en';
 
-// Holds all of our localizedStrings, so that we can save our phet-io string change state
-export const localizedStrings: LocalizedString[] = [];
-
 // For developer internal use, particularly for memory leak detection
 // e.g. _.max( phet.chipper.localizedStrings.map( ls => ls.property.tinyProperty.listeners.size ) ) to see if there is
 // likely a leak

js/browser/localizedStrings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2025, University of Colorado Boulder
+
+/**
+ * Holds all of our localizedStrings, so that we can save our phet-io string change state, and update manually during stringTest=dynamic
+ *
+ * @author Jonathan Olson <jonathan.olson>
+ * @author Michael Kauzmann (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+
+import type LocalizedString from './LocalizedString.js';
+
+const localizedStrings: LocalizedString[] = [];
+export default localizedStrings;