From: Robert Klemme Date: 2012-06-19T22:35:55+09:00 Subject: Re: Symbols and Strings... On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Eric Hodel wrote: > This happened (see thread at [ruby-core:9188]) but was reverted.  I can't think of the proper keywords to find the reason for the reversion. I one has Symbol inherit String then "is a" relationship is violated. You cannot use the sub class where you can use the super class (e.g. try to append to a frozen String). See David's remark http://ruby.11.n6.nabble.com/Bikeshed-No-more-Symbol-String-tp3558662p3558699.html Cheers robert -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/