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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions runtime/Stdlib_Symbol.res
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Expand Up @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ type t
@val external make: string => t = "Symbol"
@val external getFor: string => t = "Symbol.for"
@val external keyFor: t => option<string> = "Symbol.keyFor"
@get
external description: t => option<string> = "description"
@send external toString: t => string = "toString"

@val external asyncIterator: t = "Symbol.asyncIterator"
@val external hasInstance: t = "Symbol.hasInstance"
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107 changes: 107 additions & 0 deletions runtime/Stdlib_Symbol.resi
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/***
A built-in object that serves as a namespace for globally-unique identifiers.

Compiles to a regular JavaScript Symbol.
*/

/**
Type representing a Symbol.
*/
type t

/**
`make(key)`

Makes a new unique Symbol value.

## Examples

```rescript
let sym = Symbol.make("foo")
```
*/
@val
external make: string => t = "Symbol"

/**
`getFor(key)`

Searches for existing registered Symbols in the global Symbol registry with the given key and returns it if found.
Otherwise a new Symbol gets created and registered with key.

## Examples

```rescript
let sym = Symbol.getFor("foo")
```
*/
@val
external getFor: string => t = "Symbol.for"
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you also forgot to update the interface file, and while we're there, I'd also use @scope for these bindings, which is cleaner IMO:

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external getFor: string => t = "Symbol.for"
@scope("Symbol")
external getFor: string => option<t> = "for"

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Fixed.


/**
`keyFor(key)`

Retrieves a shared Symbol key from the global Symbol registry for the given Symbol.

## Examples

```rescript
let globalSym = Symbol.getFor("sym1") // Global symbol

Console.log(Symbol.keyFor(globalSym))
// Expected output: "sym1"
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Make those a test instead of just documenting it, it'd be even more useful!

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Console.log(Symbol.keyFor(globalSym))
// Expected output: "sym1"
Symbol.keyFor(globalSym)->assetEqual("sym1")


let localSym = Symbol.make("sym2") // Local symbol

Console.log(Symbol.keyFor(localSym))
// Expected output: undefined
```
*/
@val
external keyFor: t => option<string> = "Symbol.keyFor"

/**
`description`

Returns `Some(string)` containing the description of this symbol, or `None` if the symbol has no description.
## Examples

```rescript
let sym = Symbol.make("foo")
Console.log(sym->Symbol.description)
```
*/
@get
external description: t => option<string> = "description"

/**
`toString`

// Returns a string representing this symbol value.

## Examples

```rescript
let sym = Symbol.make("foo")
Console.log(sym->Symbol.toString)
// Expected output: "Symbol(foo)"
```
*/
@send
external toString: t => string = "toString"

@val
external asyncIterator: t = "Symbol.asyncIterator"
@val
external hasInstance: t = "Symbol.hasInstance"
@val external isConcatSpreadable: t = "Symbol.isConcatSpreadable"
@val external iterator: t = "Symbol.iterator"
@val external match: t = "Symbol.match"
@val external matchAll: t = "Symbol.matchAll"
@val external replace: t = "Symbol.replace"
@val external search: t = "Symbol.search"
@val external species: t = "Symbol.species"
@val external split: t = "Symbol.split"
@val external toPrimitive: t = "Symbol.toPrimitive"
@val external toStringTag: t = "Symbol.toStringTag"
@val external unscopables: t = "Symbol.unscopables"
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