From: AliasX Neo <kamipride102@...>
Date: 2007-01-24T05:03:22+09:00
Subject: Ruby Symbol

I have been looking into what exactly a Ruby symbol is and have gotten
some decent info on how they work. I have only one question, how are
they used in functions like in Rails? I see Rails function like:

func("string", :symbol => "string")

How is the combination of the symbol and the string being used inside
the function? Is this some kind of convention?

I don't want to start another war on what symbols are for, I just want a
little clarification on how they are used in the context I provided
above. Thanks.

- Josh

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