From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-08-06T21:37:24+09:00
Subject: Re: %w for symbols

On Friday, August 6, 2004, 9:18:12 PM, Austin wrote:

> 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{} ?

I don't object to the feature either.  I think %s{} makes more sense,
though.

Gavin