Ah, right. Given that `Boolean()` produces booleans (etc.), it does indeed fit in nicely.
On Jan 17, 2014, at 18:09 , Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: > Symbols are not value objects, they are primitives like strings, and the > 'Symbol' function is analogous to 'String'. See > > http://esdiscuss.org/notes/2013-09-18 > > > Consensus/Resolution > > * Symbols are a new primitive type with regular wrapper objects > * typeof symbol === "symbol" > * implicit conversion to string throws > * new Symbol throws > * Symbols are public, not private - ok that they leak to Proxy > * Symbols are unique > * Only exposed via Object.getOwnPropertySymbols instead of > Object.getOwnPropertyKeys > * |Object.mixin| copies both symbol and string properties -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [email protected] home: rauschma.de twitter: twitter.com/rauschma blog: 2ality.com
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