E
enduro
Hello,
I was exited when I heard that
Symbol was made a subclass of String
in Ruby 1.9, September last year.
But then I heard that the experiment
was stopped after only two months.
And recently I have started to think about this
topic again and I've tried to collect the reasons
why the idea was not pursued any longer.
I have not been very lucky searching the net
for that, that's why I am asking you:
Could someone give me a summary of the reasons
why the approach to make Symbol a subclass of String
is not considered for future Ruby versions anymore?
Or point me towards some information explaining that?
Thank you very much
Sven
I was exited when I heard that
Symbol was made a subclass of String
in Ruby 1.9, September last year.
But then I heard that the experiment
was stopped after only two months.
And recently I have started to think about this
topic again and I've tried to collect the reasons
why the idea was not pursued any longer.
I have not been very lucky searching the net
for that, that's why I am asking you:
Could someone give me a summary of the reasons
why the approach to make Symbol a subclass of String
is not considered for future Ruby versions anymore?
Or point me towards some information explaining that?
Thank you very much
Sven