From: Steve Litt <slitt@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T04:51:22+09:00
Subject: Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ?

On Friday 30 December 2005 10:35 am, Steve Litt wrote:
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> With all the controversy, including some piping to a killfile, the issue
> isn't *my* depth of digging, it's either *everyone's* depth of digging, or
> it's an issue of :symbols being a particularly surprising element of Ruby.
> I haven't heard this level of disagreement about blocks, methods, iterators
> and the like. Heck, for two cents I'll document it myself!
>
> SteveT

The Ruby Newbie Guide to Symbols is here:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/codecorn/ruby/symbols.htm

SteveT
 
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