From: John W Higgins <wishdev@...>
Date: 2009-10-21T11:42:43+09:00
Subject: Re: C extension: How to create a Hash entry with Symbol key ?

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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM, I=F1aki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote=
:

> Hi, I do know how to create a hash from C in wich keys and values are
> strings:
>
>  VALUE hash =3D rb_hash_new();
>  rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new("mykey",5), rb_str_new2(myvalue));
>
> But now I want to create Hash entries with Symbol keys so the resulting
> Hash
> would look like:
>  { :mykey =3D> "lalala" }
>
>
This should do it.....

rb_hash_aset(hash, ID2SYM(rb_intern("mykey")), rb_str_new2(myvalue));

John

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