From: Mike Stephens <rubfor@...>
Date: 2011-02-17T00:34:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Why use a symbol in place of a variable?

Another way to look at it is a symbol is it is an emnumerated scalar.

You could have

cavesize = 345
my_dungeon.start(cavesize)

However if caves are only ever Small, Medium and Large, then you can
represent that finite set of options by passing :smallcave, :mediumcave
or :largecave.

A symbol can therefore more closely represent the logic of the problem.

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