Symbol.prototype.description

Category: JavaScript
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 70)
Intent stage: None

Summary

A description property is being added to Symbol.prototype. This provides a more ergonomic way of accessing the description of a Symbol. Previously, the description could be only be accessed indirectly through the Symbol.protoype.toString().

Standards & signals

Specification: https://tc39.es/proposal-Symbol-description/
Firefox: No signal
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=7807

Docs: https://v8.dev/features/symbol-description

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