From: Student Jr Date: 2013-02-06T10:28:46+09:00 Subject: Symbol.defined? Symbol deserialization from external sources is now known to be problematic. Is it also quite useful. Here's what I want, kinda: class Symbol def self.defined?(string) all_symbols.any?{|sym| sym.to_s == string} end end Unfortunately, this is REALLY going to be slow. How about native? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.