Feature #14347 » 0001-Add-more-documentation-for-Symbol-class.patch
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* Document-class: Symbol
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*
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* <code>Symbol</code> objects represent names and some strings
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* <code>Symbol</code> objects represent named identifiers
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* inside the Ruby
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* interpreter. They are generated using the <code>:name</code> and
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* <code>:"string"</code> literals
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* $f2.object_id #=> 2514190
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* $f3.object_id #=> 2514190
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*
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* Constant, method, and variable names are returned as symbols:
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*
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* module One
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* Two = 2
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* def three; 3 end
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* @four = 4
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* @@five = 5
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* $six = 6
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* end
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* seven = 7
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*
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* One.constants
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* # => [:Two]
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* One.instance_methods(true)
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* # => [:three]
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* One.instance_variables
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* # => [:@four]
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* One.class_variables
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* # => [:@@five]
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* global_variables.last
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* # => :$six
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* local_variables
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* # => [:seven]
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*
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* Symbol objects are different from String objects in that
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* Symbol objects represent identifiers, while String objects
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* represent text or data.
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*/
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