On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Eric Hodel <[email protected]> wrote:
> This happened (see thread at [ruby-core:9188]) but was reverted.  I can't 
> think of the proper keywords to find the reason for the reversion.

I one has Symbol inherit String then "is a" relationship is violated.
You cannot use the sub class where you can use the super class (e.g.
try to append to a frozen String).  See David's remark
http://ruby.11.n6.nabble.com/Bikeshed-No-more-Symbol-String-tp3558662p3558699.html

Cheers

robert

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