Global Symbol Registry

relationship between symbol values and their string keys

ES6 has a global resource for creating symbols: the symbol registry. The symbol registry provides us with a one-to-one relationship between strings and symbols. The registry returns symbols using Symbol.for( key ).

Symbol.for( key1 ) === Symbol.for( key2 ) whenever key1 === key2. This correspondance works even across service workers and iframes.

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