Issue #9686 has been updated by Matthew Kerwin. On Mar 29, 2014 8:52 AM, <nobu / ruby-lang.org> wrote: > > You can write simply for that case: > > ~~~ruby > string = 'foo' > {string => 'bar'} > ~~~ You'd need ~~~ruby {string.to_s => 'bar'} ~~~ ---------------------------------------- Feature #9686: Syntax for symbols used in hashes https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9686#change-45985 * Author: Sascha Mayr * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Category: * Target version: ---------------------------------------- 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. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/