"tenderlovemaking (Aaron Patterson)" <aaron / tenderlovemaking.com> wrote:
> I'd like to be able to call a method like `Symbol.freeze_symbols`
> which would essentially freeze the symbol hash, such that if any new
> symbols are created, an exception would be thrown.

How about the option to do a soft freeze which issues a warning instead
of exception? (but support both).  Start using soft freeze, and move to
a real freeze later when apps/gems are fixed.