Return string literal from the String#to_sym method. (#1835)

opal · Jun 1, 2018 · a7f2efc · a7f2efc
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diff --git a/opal/corelib/string.rb b/opal/corelib/string.rb
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ def inspect
   end
 
   def intern
-    self
+    `self.toString()`
   end
 
   def lines(separator = $/, &block)

diff --git a/spec/opal/core/string/to_sym_spec.rb b/spec/opal/core/string/to_sym_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'String#to_sym' do
+  it 'returns a string literal' do
+    str = "string"
+    sym = str.to_sym
+    `typeof(sym)`.should == 'string'
+  end
+end