From: "Haase, Konstantin" <Konstantin.Haase@...>
Date: 2011-08-17T00:01:25+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:38982] Re: :symbol.is_a?(String)

What would ObjectSpace.each_object(String) { |o| p o } produce?

It would also largely violate the Liskov substitution principle. Having a common superclass or String being the subclass for Symbol should be possible, though.

Konstantin

On Aug 16, 2011, at 15:41 , Magnus Holm wrote:

> http://viewsourcecode.org/why/redhanded/inspect/SymbolIs_aString.html
> 
> What happened to this? Sounds like an awesome idea!
> 
> // Magnus Holm
>