From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto) Date: 2002-05-09T11:14:49+09:00 Subject: Re: [Q] non-alphabetic character in symbol Hi, In message "Re: [Q] non-alphabetic character in symbol" on 02/05/09, kwatch writes: |OK, and another question: |Which is faster, hash['+symbol'.intern()] or hash['+symbol'] ? If you call intern everytime, hash['+symbol'] (1 hash ref) is faster than hash['+symbol'.intern()] (2 hash ref). matz.