From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2007-12-12T00:45:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Dynamically generate a symbol name


On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:00 AM, Sam Smoot wrote:
>
> :"object#{n}" is the syntax. Or just "object#{n}".to_sym.
>
> I would avoid doing this though. Symbols aren't meant to represent
> infinite variations. They're stored in a Hash internally, so the more
> symbols you add, the slower they get.

Hash table performance shouldn't be affected by size, that is the
whole point of using a hash table.

The memory footprint will grow as you add symbols and
since symbols are not garbage collected in MRI you might
end up with a memory leak if you are constantly generating
new symbols.

Gary Wright