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Brendan Eich (2014-01-17T17:09:53.000Z)
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


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> Axel Rauschmayer <mailto:axel at rauschma.de>
> January 17, 2014 8:26 AM
> Given that all upcoming value object constructors will start with 
> lowercase letters, shouldn’t Symbol, too?
>
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domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-01-22T20:45:08.395Z)
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
domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-01-22T20:44:59.114Z)
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
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