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Wrong exception reported for throw with toString returning symbol #4912
Description
displaying wrong exception for throwing an object with toString returning a symbol:
> throw {toString:function(){return Symbol.iterator}}
TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string
at Domain.<anonymous> (repl.js:277:43)
at emitOne (events.js:77:13)
at Domain.emit (events.js:169:7)
at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:256:26)
at bound (domain.js:280:14)
at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:293:12)
at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:412:12)
at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7)
at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:210:10)
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bnoordhuis commentedon Jan 27, 2016
That error message originates in V8 (objects.cc to be exact) and is not under our control. That said, I don't see what's wrong with it. ES6 symbols don't coerce to strings.
cjihrig commentedon Jan 27, 2016
Agreed. This seems like a non-issue.