Issue #9686 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada.
Description updated
You can write simply for that case:
~~~ruby
string = 'foo'
{string => 'bar'}
~~~
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Feature #9686: Syntax for symbols used in hashes
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9686#change-45984
* Author: Sascha Mayr
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee:
* Category:
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Symbols are often used literally as keys in hashes like this:
~~~ruby
{foo: 'bar'}
~~~
But acutally there is a little inconvenience when using the alternative `:"name"` literal syntax:
~~~ruby
string = 'foo'
{:"#{string}" => 'bar'}
~~~
It would be great if Ruby provided the possibility to write the second example like this:
~~~ruby
string = 'foo'
{"#{string}": 'bar'}
~~~
This would be logical, because you can write both syntaxes the same way when not using them in hashes.
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