> On Aug 14, 2016, at 11:33 PM, Claude Pache <[email protected]> wrote: > > The alternative design would have been to specify symbols as true objects > rather than primitives. I recall that that alternative has been considered > and discussed during the conception of ES6. You have to dig through the > archives in order to find why one design was chosen over the other. The only > thing I recall is that it was not a trivial decision.
The "symbols are true objects” approach was fully spec’ed in ES6 drafts before ultimately being abandoned. As Claude says, the history is all in the archives. Allen
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