util: inspect boxed symbols like other primitives

Inspect boxed symbol objects in the same way other boxed primitives are inspected. Fixes: #7639 PR-URL: #7641 Reviewed-By: Michaël Zasso <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <[email protected]>
nodejs · Jul 17, 2016 · 35e8c94 · 35e8c94
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diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ function formatValue(ctx, value, recurseTimes) {
       formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
       return ctx.stylize('[String: ' + formatted + ']', 'string');
     }
+    if (typeof raw === 'symbol') {
+      formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
+      return ctx.stylize('[Symbol: ' + formatted + ']', 'symbol');
+    }
     if (typeof raw === 'number') {
       formatted = formatPrimitiveNoColor(ctx, raw);
       return ctx.stylize('[Number: ' + formatted + ']', 'number');

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ test_lines({
 
 // test boxed primitives output the correct values
 assert.equal(util.inspect(new String('test')), '[String: \'test\']');
+assert.equal(util.inspect(Object(Symbol('test'))), '[Symbol: Symbol(test)]');
 assert.equal(util.inspect(new Boolean(false)), '[Boolean: false]');
 assert.equal(util.inspect(new Boolean(true)), '[Boolean: true]');
 assert.equal(util.inspect(new Number(0)), '[Number: 0]');