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Update conditions for choosing between toString and valueOf

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Alexey Chilipenko 2022-07-28 16:37:19 +03:00 • committed by GitHub
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@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ As we can see from the code, `user` becomes a self-descriptive string or a money
If there's no `Symbol.toPrimitive` then JavaScript tries to find methods `toString` and `valueOf`:
- For the `"string"` hint: call `toString` method, and if it doesn't exist, then `valueOf` (so `toString` has the priority for string conversions).
- For other hints: `valueOf`, and if it doesn't exist, then `toString` (so `valueOf` has the priority for maths).
- For the `"string"` hint: call `toString` method, and if it doesn't exist or if it returns an object instead of a primitive value, then call `valueOf` (so `toString` has the priority for string conversions).
- For other hints: call `valueOf`, and if it doesn't exist or if it returns an object instead of a primitive value, then call `toString` (so `valueOf` has the priority for maths).
Methods `toString` and `valueOf` come from ancient times. They are not symbols (symbols did not exist that long ago), but rather "regular" string-named methods. They provide an alternative "old-style" way to implement the conversion.