Symbol.prototype.description

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().

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>JavaScript>Language

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 70
Chrome for Android release 70
Chrome for iOS release 70
Opera release 57
Opera for Android release 57

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Firefox: No public signals
Edge: No public signals
Safari: No public signals
Web Developers: No signals

Owners

gsathya@chromium.org
joyee@igalia.org

Last updated on 2018-09-05