function shouldThrow(func, errorMessage) { var errorThrown = false; var error = null; try { func(); } catch (e) { errorThrown = true; error = e; } if (!errorThrown) throw new Error('not thrown'); if (String(error) !== errorMessage) throw new Error(`bad error: ${String(error)}`); } var symbol = Symbol("Cocoa"); shouldThrow(() => { // ToString => error. "" + symbol; }, `TypeError: Cannot convert a symbol to a string`); shouldThrow(() => { // ToNumber => error. +symbol; }, `TypeError: Cannot convert a symbol to a number`); shouldThrow(() => { Symbol.keyFor("Cappuccino"); }, `TypeError: Symbol.keyFor requires that the first argument be a symbol`); shouldThrow(() => { Symbol.prototype.toString.call(null); }, `TypeError: Symbol.prototype.toString requires that |this| be a symbol or a symbol object`); shouldThrow(() => { Symbol.prototype.toString.call({}); }, `TypeError: Symbol.prototype.toString requires that |this| be a symbol or a symbol object`); shouldThrow(() => { Symbol.prototype.valueOf.call(null); }, `TypeError: Symbol.prototype.valueOf requires that |this| be a symbol or a symbol object`); shouldThrow(() => { Symbol.prototype.valueOf.call({}); }, `TypeError: Symbol.prototype.valueOf requires that |this| be a symbol or a symbol object`);