From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T19:50:11+09:00
Subject: Symbols are your friends

Yes, it's time for another Symbol trick!

   class Symbol
     def ===(obj)
       obj.respond_to? "to_#{self}"
     end
   end

   case "foo"
     when :int then "integer"
     when :str then "string"
     when :ary then "array"
   end  #=> "string"

Genius. Sheer genius.


Daniel