Inline inequality compares of strings into CompareICStub.

src/ic.cc

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       if (x->IsSmi() && y->IsSmi()) return SMIS;
       if (x->IsNumber() && y->IsNumber()) return HEAP_NUMBERS;
       if (Token::IsOrderedRelationalCompareOp(op_)) {
         // Ordered comparisons treat undefined as NaN, so the
         // HEAP_NUMBER stub will do the right thing.
         if ((x->IsNumber() && y->IsUndefined()) ||
             (y->IsNumber() && x->IsUndefined())) {
           return HEAP_NUMBERS;
         }
       }
+      if (x->IsSymbol() && y->IsSymbol()) {
+        // We compare symbols as strings if we need to determine
+        // the order in a non-equality compare.
+        return Token::IsEqualityOp(op_) ? SYMBOLS : STRINGS;
+      }
+      if (x->IsString() && y->IsString()) return STRINGS;
       if (!Token::IsEqualityOp(op_)) return GENERIC;
-      if (x->IsSymbol() && y->IsSymbol()) return SYMBOLS;
-      if (x->IsString() && y->IsString()) return STRINGS;
       if (x->IsJSObject() && y->IsJSObject()) {
         if (Handle<JSObject>::cast(x)->map() ==
             Handle<JSObject>::cast(y)->map() &&
             Token::IsEqualityOp(op_)) {
           return KNOWN_OBJECTS;
         } else {
           return OBJECTS;
         }
       }
       return GENERIC;
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 #undef ADDR
 };
 
 
 Address IC::AddressFromUtilityId(IC::UtilityId id) {
   return IC_utilities[id];
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal