From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-03T07:01:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Converting hash keys to symbols

Michael Neumann wrote:

> But you should not do this for random strings, as symbols are AFAIK not
> GC'ed.

Good point. I hadn't considered that. However, for what I'm doing, there 
are no more than a double-handful of unique, valid strings and symbols, 
so I don't think memory is an issue.

> 
> How about this (converts all symbols to strings, which is easier and
> more secure, as strings get GC'ed):
> 
>   h = Hash.new
>   a.each {|k,v| h[k.to_s.tr('-','_')] = v}
>   h

Ah, #tr is what I was looking for. Thanks! That's one step towards 
making it more elegant, anyway.

Thanks, Michael!

- Jamis

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