spike(pass-style)! remove passable symbols to see what breaks

packages/exo/src/exo-tools.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   getAwaitArgGuardPayload,
   getMethodGuardPayload,
   getInterfaceGuardPayload,
-  getCopyMapEntries,
 } from '@endo/patterns';
 import { listDifference } from '@endo/common/list-difference.js';
 import { objectMap } from '@endo/common/object-map.js';
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ import { GET_INTERFACE_GUARD } from './get-interface.js';
  */
 
 const { apply, ownKeys } = Reflect;
-const { defineProperties, fromEntries } = Object;
+const { defineProperties } = Object;
 
 /**
  * A method guard, for inclusion in an interface guard, that does not
@@ -381,14 +380,11 @@ export const defendPrototype = (
     const {
       interfaceName,
       methodGuards: mg,
-      symbolMethodGuards,
       sloppy,
       defaultGuards: dg = sloppy ? 'passable' : defaultGuards,
     } = getInterfaceGuardPayload(interfaceGuard);
     methodGuards = harden({
       ...mg,
-      ...(symbolMethodGuards &&
-        fromEntries(getCopyMapEntries(symbolMethodGuards))),
     });
     defaultGuards = dg;
     {

packages/exo/test/heap-classes.test.js

@@ -81,23 +81,15 @@ test('test defineExoClass', t => {
   t.deepEqual(upCounter[GET_INTERFACE_GUARD]?.(), UpCounterI);
   t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(UpCounterI), ['incr']);
 
-  const symbolic = Symbol.for('symbolic');
   const FooI = M.interface('Foo', {
     m: M.call().returns(),
-    [symbolic]: M.call(M.boolean()).returns(),
   });
-  t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(FooI), ['m', Symbol.for('symbolic')]);
+  t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(FooI), ['m']);
   const makeFoo = defineExoClass('Foo', FooI, () => ({}), {
     m() {},
-    [symbolic]() {},
   });
   const foo = makeFoo();
   t.deepEqual(foo[GET_INTERFACE_GUARD]?.(), FooI);
-  // @ts-expect-error intentional for test
-  t.throws(() => foo[symbolic]('invalid arg'), {
-    message:
-      'In "[Symbol(symbolic)]" method of (Foo): arg 0: string "invalid arg" - Must be a boolean',
-  });
 });
 
 test('test defineExoClassKit', t => {

packages/exo/test/non-enumerable-methods.test.js

@@ -49,25 +49,18 @@ test('test defineExoClass', t => {
   t.deepEqual(upCounter[GET_INTERFACE_GUARD](), UpCounterI);
   t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(UpCounterI), ['incr']);
 
-  const symbolic = Symbol.for('symbolic');
   const FooI = M.interface('Foo', {
     m: M.call().returns(),
-    [symbolic]: M.call(M.boolean()).returns(),
   });
-  t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(FooI), ['m', Symbol.for('symbolic')]);
+  t.deepEqual(getInterfaceMethodKeys(FooI), ['m']);
   const makeFoo = defineExoClass(
     'Foo',
     FooI,
     () => ({}),
     denumerate({
       m() {},
-      [symbolic]() {},
     }),
   );
   const foo = makeFoo();
   t.deepEqual(foo[GET_INTERFACE_GUARD](), FooI);
-  t.throws(() => foo[symbolic]('invalid arg'), {
-    message:
-      'In "[Symbol(symbolic)]" method of (Foo): arg 0: string "invalid arg" - Must be a boolean',
-  });
 });

packages/marshal/src/encodePassable.js

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import {
   passStyleOf,
   assertRecord,
   isErrorLike,
-  nameForPassableSymbol,
-  passableSymbolForName,
 } from '@endo/pass-style';
 
 /**
@@ -617,12 +615,6 @@ const makeInnerEncode = (encodeStringSuffix, encodeArray, options) => {
       case 'promise': {
         return encodePromise(passable, innerEncode);
       }
-      case 'symbol': {
-        // Strings and symbols share encoding logic.
-        const name = nameForPassableSymbol(passable);
-        assert.typeof(name, 'string');
-        return `y${encodeStringSuffix(name)}`;
-      }
       case 'copyArray': {
         return encodeArray(passable, innerEncode);
       }
@@ -709,11 +701,6 @@ const makeInnerDecode = (decodeStringSuffix, decodeArray, options) => {
       case '!': {
         return decodeError(getSuffix(encoded, skip), innerDecode);
       }
-      case 'y': {
-        // Strings and symbols share decoding logic.
-        const name = decodeStringSuffix(getSuffix(encoded, skip + 1));
-        return passableSymbolForName(name);
-      }
       case '[':
       case '^': {
         // @ts-expect-error Type 'unknown[]' is not Passable
@@ -876,7 +863,6 @@ export const passStylePrefixes = {
   remotable: 'r',
   string: 's',
   null: 'v',
-  symbol: 'y',
   undefined: 'z',
 };
 Object.setPrototypeOf(passStylePrefixes, null);

packages/marshal/src/encodeToCapData.js

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import {
   isObject,
   getTag,
   hasOwnPropertyOf,
-  assertPassableSymbol,
-  nameForPassableSymbol,
-  passableSymbolForName,
 } from '@endo/pass-style';
 import { X, Fail, q } from '@endo/errors';
 
@@ -155,14 +152,6 @@ export const makeEncodeToCapData = (encodeOptions = {}) => {
           digits: String(passable),
         };
       }
-      case 'symbol': {
-        assertPassableSymbol(passable);
-        const name = /** @type {string} */ (nameForPassableSymbol(passable));
-        return {
-          [QCLASS]: 'symbol',
-          name,
-        };
-      }
       case 'copyRecord': {
         if (hasOwnPropertyOf(passable, QCLASS)) {
           // Hilbert hotel
@@ -349,17 +338,6 @@ export const makeDecodeFromCapData = (decodeOptions = {}) => {
             Fail`invalid digits typeof ${q(typeof digits)}`;
           return BigInt(digits);
         }
-        case '@@asyncIterator': {
-          // Deprecated qclass. TODO make conditional
-          // on environment variable. Eventually remove, but after confident
-          // that there are no more supported senders.
-          //
-          return Symbol.asyncIterator;
-        }
-        case 'symbol': {
-          const { name } = jsonEncoded;
-          return passableSymbolForName(name);
-        }
         case 'tagged': {
           const { tag, payload } = jsonEncoded;
           return makeTagged(tag, decodeFromCapData(payload));

packages/marshal/src/encodeToSmallcaps.js

@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import {
   makeTagged,
   getTag,
   hasOwnPropertyOf,
-  assertPassableSymbol,
-  nameForPassableSymbol,
-  passableSymbolForName,
 } from '@endo/pass-style';
 import { X, Fail, q } from '@endo/errors';
 
@@ -209,11 +206,6 @@ export const makeEncodeToSmallcaps = (encodeOptions = {}) => {
         const str = String(passable);
         return /** @type {bigint} */ (passable) < 0n ? str : `+${str}`;
       }
-      case 'symbol': {
-        assertPassableSymbol(passable);
-        const name = /** @type {string} */ (nameForPassableSymbol(passable));
-        return `%${name}`;
-      }
       case 'copyRecord': {
         // Currently copyRecord allows only string keys so this will
         // work. If we allow sortable symbol keys, this will need to
@@ -353,9 +345,6 @@ export const makeDecodeFromSmallcaps = (decodeOptions = {}) => {
             // un-hilbert-ify the string
             return encoding.slice(1);
           }
-          case '%': {
-            return passableSymbolForName(encoding.slice(1));
-          }
           case '#': {
             switch (encoding) {
               case '#undefined': {

packages/marshal/src/marshal-justin.js

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="ses"/>
 
 import { Nat } from '@endo/nat';
-import {
-  getErrorConstructor,
-  isObject,
-  passableSymbolForName,
-} from '@endo/pass-style';
+import { getErrorConstructor, isObject } from '@endo/pass-style';
 import { q, X, Fail } from '@endo/errors';
 import { QCLASS } from './encodeToCapData.js';
 
@@ -165,13 +161,6 @@ const decodeToJustin = (encoding, shouldIndent = false, slots = []) => {
         case '@@asyncIterator': {
           return;
         }
-        case 'symbol': {
-          const { name } = rawTree;
-          assert.typeof(name, 'string');
-          const sym = passableSymbolForName(name);
-          assert.typeof(sym, 'symbol');
-          return;
-        }
         case 'tagged': {
           const { tag, payload } = rawTree;
           assert.typeof(tag, 'string');
@@ -318,22 +307,6 @@ const decodeToJustin = (encoding, shouldIndent = false, slots = []) => {
           // TODO deprecated. Eventually remove.
           return out.next('Symbol.asyncIterator');
         }
-        case 'symbol': {
-          const { name } = rawTree;
-          assert.typeof(name, 'string');
-          const sym = passableSymbolForName(name);
-          assert.typeof(sym, 'symbol');
-          const registeredName = Symbol.keyFor(sym);
-          if (registeredName === undefined) {
-            const match = AtAtPrefixPattern.exec(name);
-            assert(match !== null);
-            const suffix = match[1];
-            assert(Symbol[suffix] === sym);
-            assert(identPattern.test(suffix));
-            return out.next(`Symbol.${suffix}`);
-          }
-          return out.next(`Symbol.for(${quote(registeredName)})`);
-        }
         case 'tagged': {
           const { tag, payload } = rawTree;
           out.next(`makeTagged(${quote(tag)},`);

packages/marshal/src/rankOrder.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getTag, passStyleOf, nameForPassableSymbol } from '@endo/pass-style';
+import { getTag, passStyleOf } from '@endo/pass-style';
 import { Fail, q } from '@endo/errors';
 import {
   passStylePrefixes,
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ export const makeComparatorKit = (compareRemotables = (_x, _y) => 0) => {
           return 1;
         }
       }
-      case 'symbol': {
-        return comparator(
-          nameForPassableSymbol(left),
-          nameForPassableSymbol(right),
-        );
-      }
       case 'number': {
         // `NaN`'s rank is after all other numbers.
         if (Number.isNaN(left)) {

packages/marshal/src/types.js

@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ export {};
  *           EncodingClass<'Infinity'> |
  *           EncodingClass<'-Infinity'> |
  *           EncodingClass<'bigint'> & { digits: string } |
- *           EncodingClass<'@@asyncIterator'> |
- *           EncodingClass<'symbol'> & { name: string } |
  *           EncodingClass<'error'> & { name: string,
  *                                      message: string,
  *                                      errorId?: string,
@@ -50,7 +48,8 @@ export {};
  *           }
  * } EncodingUnion
  *
- * Note that the '@@asyncIterator' encoding is deprecated. Use 'symbol' instead.
+ * Note that the '@@asyncIterator' and 'symbol' encodings are no longer
+ * supported.
  *
  * The 'hilbert' encoding is a reference to the Hilbert Hotel
  * of https://www.ias.edu/ideas/2016/pires-hilbert-hotel .

packages/marshal/test/marshal-capdata.test.js

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ test('serialize static data', t => {
   t.deepEqual(ser(-0), ser(0));
   // unregistered symbols
   t.throws(() => ser(Symbol('sym2')), {
-    // An anonymous symbol is not Passable
-    message: /Only registered symbols or well-known symbols are passable:/,
+    // A symbol is not Passable
+    message: 'Unrecognized typeof "symbol"',
   });
 
   const cd = ser(harden([1, 2]));

packages/marshal/test/marshal-smallcaps.test.js

@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ test('smallcaps serialize static data', t => {
   t.deepEqual(ser(0), { body: '#0', slots: [] });
   t.deepEqual(ser(-0), { body: '#0', slots: [] });
   t.deepEqual(ser(-0), ser(0));
-  // unregistered symbols
+  // symbols
   t.throws(() => ser(Symbol('sym2')), {
-    // An anonymous symbol is not Passable
-    message: /Only registered symbols or well-known symbols are passable:/,
+    message: 'Unrecognized typeof "symbol"',
   });
 
   const cd = ser(harden([1, 2]));
@@ -324,7 +323,6 @@ test('smallcaps records', t => {
  *  * `+` - non-negative bigint
  *  * `-` - negative bigint
  *  * `#` - manifest constant
- *  * `%` - symbol
  *  * `$` - remotable
  *  * `&` - promise
  */
@@ -366,16 +364,6 @@ test('smallcaps encoding examples', t => {
   assertRoundTrip('-escaped', `#"!-escaped"`, [], 'escaped -');
   assertRoundTrip('%escaped', `#"!%escaped"`, [], 'escaped %');
 
-  // Symbols
-  assertRoundTrip(Symbol.iterator, '#"%@@iterator"', [], 'well known symbol');
-  assertRoundTrip(Symbol.for('foo'), '#"%foo"', [], 'reg symbol');
-  assertRoundTrip(
-    Symbol.for('@@foo'),
-    '#"%@@@@foo"',
-    [],
-    'reg symbol that looks well known',
-  );
-
   // Remotables
   const foo = Far('foo', {});
   const bar = Far('bar', {

packages/marshal/test/marshal-test-data.js

@@ -48,14 +48,6 @@ export const roundTripPairs = harden([
   // Does not fit into a number
   [9007199254740993n, { '@qclass': 'bigint', digits: '9007199254740993' }],
 
-  // Well known symbols
-  [Symbol.asyncIterator, { '@qclass': 'symbol', name: '@@asyncIterator' }],
-  [Symbol.match, { '@qclass': 'symbol', name: '@@match' }],
-  // Registered symbols
-  [Symbol.for('foo'), { '@qclass': 'symbol', name: 'foo' }],
-  // Registered symbol hilbert hotel
-  [Symbol.for('@@foo'), { '@qclass': 'symbol', name: '@@@@foo' }],
-
   // Normal json reviver cannot make properties with undefined values
   [[undefined], [{ '@qclass': 'undefined' }]],
   [{ foo: undefined }, { foo: { '@qclass': 'undefined' } }],
@@ -181,10 +173,6 @@ export const jsonJustinPairs = harden([
   ['{"@qclass":"-Infinity"}', '-Infinity'],
   ['{"@qclass":"bigint","digits":"4"}', '4n'],
   ['{"@qclass":"bigint","digits":"9007199254740993"}', '9007199254740993n'],
-  ['{"@qclass":"symbol","name":"@@asyncIterator"}', 'Symbol.asyncIterator'],
-  ['{"@qclass":"symbol","name":"@@match"}', 'Symbol.match'],
-  ['{"@qclass":"symbol","name":"foo"}', 'Symbol.for("foo")'],
-  ['{"@qclass":"symbol","name":"@@@@foo"}', 'Symbol.for("@@foo")'],
 
   // Arrays and objects
   ['[{"@qclass":"undefined"}]', '[undefined]'],
@@ -264,11 +252,8 @@ export const unsortedSample = harden([
   [5],
   exampleAlice,
   [],
-  Symbol.for('foo'),
   Error('not erroneous'),
-  Symbol.for('@@foo'),
   [5, { bar: 5 }],
-  Symbol.for(''),
   false,
   exampleCarol,
   -0,
@@ -288,7 +273,6 @@ export const unsortedSample = harden([
     ['b', 3],
   ]),
   Infinity,
-  Symbol.isConcatSpreadable,
   [5, { foo: 4, bar: undefined }],
   Promise.resolve('fulfillment'),
   [5, { foo: 4 }],
@@ -379,10 +363,6 @@ export const sortedSample = harden([
   'foo',
 
   null,
-  Symbol.for(''),
-  Symbol.for('@@foo'),
-  Symbol.isConcatSpreadable,
-  Symbol.for('foo'),
 
   undefined,
   undefined,