Remove toString coercion method use.

capitalize.js

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
 import upperFirst from './upperFirst.js'
 
 /**
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ import upperFirst from './upperFirst.js'
  * // => 'Fred'
  */
 function capitalize(string) {
-  return upperFirst(toString(string).toLowerCase())
+  return upperFirst(string.toLowerCase())
 }
 
 export default capitalize

deburr.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import deburrLetter from './.internal/deburrLetter.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /** Used to match Latin Unicode letters (excluding mathematical operators). */
 const reLatin = /[\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xf6\xf8-\xff\u0100-\u017f]/g
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ const reComboMark = RegExp(rsCombo, 'g')
  * // => 'deja vu'
  */
 function deburr(string) {
-  string = toString(string)
   return string && string.replace(reLatin, deburrLetter).replace(reComboMark, '')
 }
 

escape.js

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
-
 /** Used to map characters to HTML entities. */
 const htmlEscapes = {
   '&': '&amp',
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ const reHasUnescapedHtml = RegExp(reUnescapedHtml.source)
  * // => 'fred, barney, &amp pebbles'
  */
 function escape(string) {
-  string = toString(string)
   return (string && reHasUnescapedHtml.test(string))
     ? string.replace(reUnescapedHtml, (chr) => htmlEscapes[chr])
     : string

escapeRegExp.js

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
-
 /**
  * Used to match `RegExp`
  * [syntax characters](http://ecma-international.org/ecma-262/7.0/#sec-patterns).
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@ const reHasRegExpChar = RegExp(reRegExpChar.source)
  * // => '\[lodash\]\(https://lodash\.com/\)'
  */
 function escapeRegExp(string) {
-  string = toString(string)
   return (string && reHasRegExpChar.test(string))
     ? string.replace(reRegExpChar, '\\$&')
     : string

parseInt.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import root from './.internal/root.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /** Used to match leading and trailing whitespace. */
 const reTrimStart = /^\s+/
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ function parseInt(string, radix) {
   } else if (radix) {
     radix = +radix
   }
-  return nativeParseInt(toString(string).replace(reTrimStart, ''), radix || 0)
+  return nativeParseInt(`${ string }`.replace(reTrimStart, ''), radix || 0)
 }
 
 export default parseInt

replace.js

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
-
 /**
  * Replaces matches for `pattern` in `string` with `replacement`.
  *
@@ -19,8 +17,7 @@ import toString from './toString.js'
  * // => 'Hi Barney'
  */
 function replace(...args) {
-  const string = toString(args[0])
+  const string = `${ args[0] }`
-
   return args.length < 3 ? string : string.replace(args[1], args[2])
 }
 

split.js

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import baseToString from './.internal/baseToString.js'
 import castSlice from './.internal/castSlice.js'
 import hasUnicode from './.internal/hasUnicode.js'
 import isRegExp from './isRegExp.js'
 import stringToArray from './.internal/stringToArray.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /** Used as references for the maximum length and index of an array. */
 const MAX_ARRAY_LENGTH = 4294967295
@@ -30,12 +28,10 @@ function split(string, separator, limit) {
   if (!limit) {
     return []
   }
-  string = toString(string)
   if (string && (
         typeof separator == 'string' ||
         (separator != null && !isRegExp(separator))
       )) {
-    separator = baseToString(separator)
     if (!separator && hasUnicode(string)) {
       return castSlice(stringToArray(string), 0, limit)
     }

template.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import isError from './isError.js'
 import keys from './keys.js'
 import reInterpolate from './.internal/reInterpolate.js'
 import templateSettings from './templateSettings.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /** Used to match empty string literals in compiled template source. */
 const reEmptyStringLeading = /\b__p \+= '';/g
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ function template(string, options) {
   // and Laura Doktorova's doT.js (https://github.com/olado/doT).
   const settings = templateSettings.imports.templateSettings || templateSettings
 
-  string = toString(string)
   options = assignInWith({}, options, settings, customDefaultsAssignIn)
 
   const imports = assignInWith({}, options.imports, settings.imports, customDefaultsAssignIn)

toPath.js

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import copyArray from './.internal/copyArray.js'
 import isSymbol from './isSymbol.js'
 import stringToPath from './.internal/stringToPath.js'
 import toKey from './.internal/toKey.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /**
  * Converts `value` to a property path array.
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ function toPath(value) {
   if (Array.isArray(value)) {
     return arrayMap(value, toKey)
   }
-  return isSymbol(value) ? [value] : copyArray(stringToPath(toString(value)))
+  return isSymbol(value) ? [value] : copyArray(stringToPath(value))
 }
 
 export default toPath

toUpper.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
+
 
 /**
  * Converts `string`, as a whole, to upper case just like

trim.js

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import baseToString from './.internal/baseToString.js'
 import castSlice from './.internal/castSlice.js'
 import charsEndIndex from './.internal/charsEndIndex.js'
 import charsStartIndex from './.internal/charsStartIndex.js'
 import stringToArray from './.internal/stringToArray.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 /**
  * Removes leading and trailing whitespace or specified characters from `string`.
@@ -26,11 +24,10 @@ import toString from './toString.js'
  * // => ['foo', 'bar']
  */
 function trim(string, chars) {
-  string = toString(string)
   if (string && chars === undefined) {
     return string.trim()
   }
-  if (!string || !(chars = baseToString(chars))) {
+  if (!string || !chars) {
     return string
   }
   const strSymbols = stringToArray(string)

trimEnd.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import baseToString from './.internal/baseToString.js'
 import castSlice from './.internal/castSlice.js'
 import charsEndIndex from './.internal/charsEndIndex.js'
 import stringToArray from './.internal/stringToArray.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 const methodName = ''.trimRight ? 'trimRight': 'trimEnd'
 
@@ -24,11 +22,10 @@ const methodName = ''.trimRight ? 'trimRight': 'trimEnd'
  * // => '-_-abc'
  */
 function trimEnd(string, chars) {
-  string = toString(string)
   if (string && chars === undefined) {
     return string[methodName]()
   }
-  if (!string || !(chars = baseToString(chars))) {
+  if (!string || !chars) {
     return string
   }
   const strSymbols = stringToArray(string)

trimStart.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import baseToString from './.internal/baseToString.js'
 import castSlice from './.internal/castSlice.js'
 import charsStartIndex from './.internal/charsStartIndex.js'
 import stringToArray from './.internal/stringToArray.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 
 const methodName =  ''.trimLeft ? 'trimLeft' : 'trimStart'
 
@@ -24,11 +22,10 @@ const methodName =  ''.trimLeft ? 'trimLeft' : 'trimStart'
  * // => 'abc-_-'
  */
 function trimStart(string, chars) {
-  string = toString(string)
   if (string && chars === undefined) {
     return string[methodName]()
   }
-  if (!string || !(chars = baseToString(chars))) {
+  if (!string || !chars) {
     return string
   }
   const strSymbols = stringToArray(string)

unescape.js

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
-
 /** Used to map HTML entities to characters. */
 const htmlUnescapes = {
   '&': '&',
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ const reHasEscapedHtml = RegExp(reEscapedHtml.source)
  * // => 'fred, barney, & pebbles'
  */
 function unescape(string) {
-  string = toString(string)
   return (string && reHasEscapedHtml.test(string))
     ? string.replace(reEscapedHtml, (entity) => htmlUnescapes[entity])
     : string

uniqueId.js

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import toString from './toString.js'
-
 /** Used to generate unique IDs. */
 let idCounter = 0
 
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ let idCounter = 0
  */
 function uniqueId(prefix) {
   const id = ++idCounter
-  return toString(prefix) + id
+  return `${ prefix + id }`
 }
 
 export default uniqueId

words.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import asciiWords from './.internal/asciiWords.js'
 import hasUnicodeWord from './.internal/hasUnicodeWord.js'
-import toString from './toString.js'
 import unicodeWords from './.internal/unicodeWords.js'
 
 /**
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import unicodeWords from './.internal/unicodeWords.js'
  * // => ['fred', 'barney', '&', 'pebbles']
  */
 function words(string, pattern) {
-  string = toString(string)
   if (pattern === undefined) {
     return hasUnicodeWord(string) ? unicodeWords(string) : asciiWords(string)
   }