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Well-known Symbols

Explore how well-known symbols in ES6 allow you to interact with and customize JavaScript's internal behavior. Understand the use of Symbol as unique object identifiers and the caution needed when redefining built-ins. This lesson prepares you to use these concepts thoughtfully in your code.

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When using symbols as identifiers for objects, we don’t have to set up a global registry of available identifiers. We also save the creation of a new identifier, as all we need to do is create a Symbol(). ...