irb(main):001:0> s = "blahhoo"
=> "blahhoo"
irb(main):002:0> s.intern
=> :blahhoo

On 9/8/05, TRANS <transfire / gmail.com> wrote:
> In thinking about it some more I wonder too if it's not possible to
> have symbols coerced into strings as needed. Wouldn't that solve such
> difficulties?