Hello colleague,

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 11:12:51 AM UTC+2, Oliver Schulz wrote:
>
> Sure -  I was assuming that as Symbol (as an interned string) is basically 
> just a pointer. So comparisons are O(1), etc. What I'd like to understand 
> is, why can't it be a bitstype? Currently, it's not, so Symbol cannot be 
> used in a lightweight (i.e. stack-allocated) immutable type. I assume 
> there's a good reason for it, I just want to understand why.
>

Could you make an example how you would like to use Symbol in lightweight 
types?

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