From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2011-02-28T06:36:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Different content of Symbol.all_symbols between irb and ruby

2011/2/27 Einar Jónsson <einar@codelette.com>:
> I'm assuming that the difference is that "ruby" parses the file prior to
> execution, and thus has already inserted all the symbols into the
> Symbol.all_symbols array. Can anyone confirm this or explain why I'm wrong?

I think so. lso try adding this:

new_symbol = "hello".to_sym
puts Symbol.all_symbols.size

Yo will see that in irb those are two symbols more (as irb seems to
internally use symbols for new variables) and one symbol more in Ruby
script.

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc@aliax.net>