From: dblack@...
Date: 2006-03-29T12:30:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Can anyone see the obvious msitake I've made?

Hi --

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Kev Jackson wrote:

> Can anyone explain why #{args[0].to_sym} is not actually evaluating to the 
> :id symbol, but eval(args[0].to_sym) does?  Especially as the error produced 
> from watir is exactly the same as if I'd have typed:
>
> $ie.text_field(:id, 'a_field_that_doesn't_exist')

I'm not sure about that part, but I think the problem probably stems
from the fact that "#{'sym'.to_sym}" is a string.  Anything inside the
#{...} construct gets to_s called on it, which trumps the internal
to_sym call.


David

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