From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2004-08-06T23:01:20+09:00
Subject: Re: %w for symbols

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Gavin Sinclair (gsinclair@soyabean.com.au) wrote:

> On Friday, August 6, 2004, 9:18:12 PM, Austin wrote:
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> > 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?
> >>=20
> >> If not, are there any plans for it in future ruby? Is it a good idea a=
nyway?
> >>=20
> >> (Maybe that's a good example of where we could use macros?)
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> > It seems common enough that it might be nice to have this. Perhaps
> > %W{} instead of %w{} ?
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> I don't object to the feature either.  I think %s{} makes more sense,
> though.

%s is already used:

$ ruby
p %s(foo bar baz)
^D
:"foo bar baz"

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