It's illegal to coerce a Symbol to a string, and results in a TypeError:
TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string
Previously, the custom jasmineToString() method monkey-patched onto Maps
in platform-browser/testing/src/matchers.ts would coerce keys and values
to strings. A change in a newer version of Jasmine calls this method more
often, resulting in calls against Maps which contain Symbols in some
applications, which causes crashes.
The fix is to explicitly convert keys and values to strings, which does
work on Symbols.
This change allows ReflectiveInjector to be tree shaken resulting
in not needed Reflect polyfil and smaller bundles.
Code savings for HelloWorld using Closure:
Reflective: bundle.js: 105,864(34,190 gzip)
Static: bundle.js: 154,889(33,555 gzip)
645( 2%)
BREAKING CHANGE:
`platformXXXX()` no longer accepts providers which depend on reflection.
Specifically the method signature when from `Provider[]` to
`StaticProvider[]`.
Example:
Before:
```
[
MyClass,
{provide: ClassA, useClass: SubClassA}
]
```
After:
```
[
{provide: MyClass, deps: [Dep1,...]},
{provide: ClassA, useClass: SubClassA, deps: [Dep1,...]}
]
```
NOTE: This only applies to platform creation and providers for the JIT
compiler. It does not apply to `@Compotent` or `@NgModule` provides
declarations.
Benchpress note: Previously Benchpress also supported reflective
provides, which now require static providers.
DEPRECATION:
- `ReflectiveInjector` is now deprecated as it will be remove. Use
`Injector.create` as a replacement.
closes#18496
Alex Rickabaugh
Vikram Subramanian
Miško Hevery
Jason Aden