From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2004-08-06T20:18:12+09:00
Subject: Re: %w for symbols

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:00:32 +0900, Caio Chassot <k@v2studio.com> wrote:
> Is there any similar notation to %w[ word word2 word3 ] that returns an
> array of symbols instead of strings?
> 
> If not, are there any plans for it in future ruby? Is it a good idea anyway?
> 
> (Maybe that's a good example of where we could use macros?)

It seems common enough that it might be nice to have this. Perhaps
%W{} instead of %w{} ?

-austin
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