From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata Date: 2002-10-24T07:21:38+09:00 Subject: Re: Things That Newcomers to Ruby Should Know (10/16/02) Hi batsman, I guess then basically the optimization will work only with Ruby scripts. If a person creates a C extension (and mixing Ruby scripts and C function calls) then this optimization should be disabled. Regards, Bill ========================================================================== Mauricio Fern?ndez wrote: > AFAIK, I'd only have to care about multiple references to the same > String, and the only ways I can think of right now are assignment and > closures. > Are there any other?