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Comparing local Symbol() with Symbol.for() in TypeScript

TypeScriptSymbols & IteratorsSymbol registryadvanced

What this snippet does

Local Symbol() calls always create unique symbols, even if they share the same description; they will never equal global Symbol.for() instances.

Expected output

false

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