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/* Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
// Symbol.for called twice with the same argument returns the same symbol.
assertEq(Symbol.for("ponies"), Symbol.for("ponies"));
// Called twice with equal strings: still the same result.
var one = Array(64+1).join("x");
var two = Array(8+1).join(Array(8+1).join("x"));
assertEq(Symbol.for(one), Symbol.for(two));
// Symbols created by calling Symbol() are not in the symbol registry.
var sym = Symbol("123");
assertEq(Symbol.for("123") !== sym, true);
// Empty string is fine.
assertEq(typeof Symbol.for(""), "symbol");
// Primitive arguments.
assertEq(Symbol.for(3), Symbol.for("3"));
assertEq(Symbol.for(null), Symbol.for("null"));
assertEq(Symbol.for(undefined), Symbol.for("undefined"));
assertEq(Symbol.for(), Symbol.for("undefined"));
// Symbol.for ignores the 'this' value.
var foo = Symbol.for("foo")
assertEq(Symbol.for.call(String, "foo"), foo);
assertEq(Symbol.for.call(3.14, "foo"), foo);
if (typeof reportCompare === "function")
reportCompare(0, 0);