ES6 in Depth – Symbols

Re:ES6 in Depth – Symbols by towelguy on Friday June 12, 2015 @03:25PM (#9708022)

    s1 = Symbol("cat");
    s2 = Symbol.for("cat");
    s3 = Symbol.for("cat");
    s1 == s2; // false
    s2 == s3; // true

You can still have Symbols outside the registry.

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Re:ES6 in Depth – Symbols by artursapek on Saturday June 13, 2015 @09:24PM (#9713460)

That I understand. What I don't understand is why s2 and s3 shouldn't just be vanilla strings.

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