From: Fernando Cacciola <fernando.cacciola@...>
Date: 2007-11-06T22:45:38+09:00
Subject: Re: string to symbol

mortee wrote:
> Fernando Cacciola wrote:
>> mortee wrote:
>>> my_str = "some string"
>>> my_sym = :"some symbol"
>>> 
>> Right.
>> If I name the "variable" as "MY_STR" is then officially a "constant"
>> (instead of a variable) right?
>> (and that would be preferred in this case)
> 
> If you wish. Note that you can't create constants from within methods.
> 
Oh... why is that?


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