Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
presumably, looking up "iterator" in a registry of string/symbol key
value pairs. Creating a new entry if one isn't present, and
regardless returning the symbol value associated with the string.
public @iterator = Symbol('iterator');
No, I wrote Symbol.intern('iterator') on purpose. What you wrote just
makes a unique symbol with debugging/diagnostics string associated with it.
conceptually could just as easily be expressed as:
public @iterator = RegistryOfWellKnownSymbols.lookup('iterator');
Yes, Symbol.intern would be just like that -- but shorter and standard
if we choose to do it.
/be
Allen
On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Kevin Smith wrote:
Dave Herman mentioned another idea: intern'ing strings as
symbols. You'd lose uniqueness but avoid colliding with any
string. So
public @iterator = Symbol.intern('iterator');
Is this much better than just using 'iterator' or dunder-iterator?
Apologies, but what would interning a string as a symbol mean?
Kevin
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