From: TRANS <transfire@...>
Date: 2005-09-09T00:23:50+09:00
Subject: returning strings from methods/instance_methods

I was just wondering why with #methods and #instance_methods, it was
decided to return the names as strings and not symobols? I'm working
on something right now that uses those, building a hash, and it just
stikes me as odd when in so many cases the common idiom is to use a
symbol, (eg. attr :x, define_method :x, etc.) Arn't symbols
substantially lighter weight, which is why we generally have them at
all?

Thanks,
T.