From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2017-02-17T00:37:24+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:79563] Re: Immutable Strings vs Symbols

Daniel Ferreira <subtileos@gmail.com> wrote:
> > For Ruby 3, I do not support frozen_string_literal becoming the
> > default.  I am 100% against breaking existing code.  Too much
> > 1.8 code was broken when 1.9 came out and Ruby lost users as a
> > result.  But it's not my decision...
> 
> I thought it was already agreed that it would be the case.

No.  matz proposed it; but until Ruby 3 is released, I do not
believe anything is set in stone.

> Are you saying Ruby 3 may not break backwards compatibility?

We do not know, yet.  I don't make decisions about API but I
will try to influence the others to avoid breaking
compatibility.

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