I think by `@@toStringTag` he meant the ability to define a `[[Class]]`
name so that `{}.toString.call(generic)` would return such name instead of
`Object` but I'm sure Dmitry will come back explaining and/or asking more.On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Claude Pache <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Le 2 déc. 2014 à 08:46, Dmitry Soshnikov <[email protected]> a > écrit : > > > > Hi, > > > > Probably worth providing a default implementation of the `@@toStringTag` > when evaluating a class [1]. In this case users will be able to do: > > > > ``` > > class Point { ... } > > > > var p = new Point(1, 2); > > console.log(p); // "[object Point]" > > ``` > > You seem to imply that `console.log(p)` will show the result of > `p.toString()` in the console. But it is not the case for the majority of > browsers. > > I've just tried: > > ``` > var Point = function() {} > Point.prototype.toString = function() { return "(this is an object of type > Point)" } > console.log(new Point) > ``` > > Results are: > > Firefox: Object { } > Chrome: Point{toString: function} > Safari: Object > IE: [object Object] (this is an object of type Point) > > In particular, note that Chrome doesn't need the help of `.toString()` in > order to log useful information. > > —Claude > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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