Implicit coercion of Symbols

[Caitlin Potter]

Given that there is currently no way to get a string representation of a value in a guaranteed side-effect-free fashion, I think something generalized for all primitive and object types would be ideal.

> On Jan 3, 2015, at 9:17 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:
> 
> Does it have to be a Reflect.* method? It could be `Symbol.prototype.getDescription()` or a getter.
> 
>> On 04 Jan 2015, at 02:25, Brendan Eich <brendan at mozilla.org <mailto:brendan at mozilla.org>> wrote:
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>> Rick Waldron wrote:
>>> That example above is pretty compelling for throw always consistency.
>> 
>> With a new Reflect.* API for converting a symbol to its diagnostic/debugging string?
>> 
>> If you agree, please file a bugs.ecmascript.org <http://bugs.ecmascript.org/> ticket.
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>> /be
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