From: Matthew Kerwin <matthew@...>
Date: 2014-03-29T08:58:03+10:00
Subject: [ruby-core:61746] Re: [CommonRuby - Feature #9686] Syntax for symbols used in hashes

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On Mar 29, 2014 8:52 AM, <nobu@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
>
> You can write simply for that case:
>
> ~~~ruby
> string = 'foo'
> {string => 'bar'}
> ~~~

You'd need

~~~ruby
{string.to_s => 'bar'}
~~~

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<p>On Mar 29, 2014 8:52 AM, &lt;<a href="mailto:nobu@ruby-lang.org">nobu@ruby-lang.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You can write simply for that case:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ~~~ruby<br>
&gt; string = &#39;foo&#39;<br>
&gt; {string =&gt; &#39;bar&#39;}<br>
&gt; ~~~</p>
<p>You&#39;d need</p>
<p>~~~ruby<br>
{string.to_s =&gt; &#39;bar&#39;}<br>
~~~<br>
</p>

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