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().

Documentation

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink>JavaScript>Language


Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

  • Chrome for desktop release 70
  • Chrome for Android release 70
  • Chrome for iOS release 70

Consensus & Standardization

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

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Owners

Last updated on 2020-11-09