From: gaurav bagga <gaurav.v.bagga@...>
Date: 2006-12-21T14:20:54+09:00
Subject: Re: Symbols vs Strings

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hi,
with symbol you will have one instance of it
eg: if yo are using :jack many times in a code it will always represent one
single object
you can see it in irb with :jack.object_id and calling this many times you
will get same id.


with "jack" each time you use you create a new instance of it
with "jack".object_id you get new id each time which shows a new object.

so in cases where you need single representation you should use symbols.


regards
gaurav


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