https://github.com/es-shims/symbol.prototype.description
Spec-compliant shim for Symbol.prototype.description proposal.
https://github.com/es-shims/symbol.prototype.description
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Spec-compliant shim for Symbol.prototype.description proposal.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/es-shims/symbol.prototype.description
- Owner: es-shims
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-07-25T18:42:05.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-18T20:22:35.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-22T02:59:05.349Z (23 days ago)
- Topics: description, ecmascript, javascript, polyfill, shim, symbol
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 143 KB
- Stars: 6
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE
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An ECMAScript spec-compliant `Symbol.prototype.description` shim. Invoke its "shim" method to shim Symbol.prototype.description if it is unavailable.
*Note*: `Symbol#description` requires a true ES6 environment, specifically one with native Symbols (eg, node >= v11.15.0)This package implements the [es-shim API](https://github.com/es-shims/api) interface. It works in an ES6-supported environment and complies with the [spec](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-symbol.prototype.description).
Most common usage:
```js
var description = require('symbol.prototype.description');
var assert = require('assert');assert(description(Symbol('foo')) === 'foo');
assert(description(Symbol()) === undefined);
assert(description(Symbol(undefined)) === undefined);
assert(description(Symbol(null)) === 'null');if (!('description' in Symbol.prototype)) {
// note: this should be the empty string, but in many engines,
// it is impossible to distinguish Symbol() and Symbol('')
// without globally replacing `Symbol`
assert(description(Symbol('')) === undefined);description.shim();
}assert(description(Symbol('foo')) === Symbol('foo').description);
assert(description(Symbol()) === Symbol().description);
assert(description(Symbol(undefined)) === Symbol(undefined).description);
assert(description(Symbol(null)) === Symbol(null).description);assert(Symbol('').description === ''); // this works fine!
```## Tests
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