Issue #11390 has been reported by Sameer Deshmukh. ---------------------------------------- Feature #11390: Allow symbols starting with numbers https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11390 * Author: Sameer Deshmukh * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- Currently it is not possible to create a symbol that looks like `:1twothree`. Converting to a string and then symbolizing causes hash lookup problems and proves counter-intuitive. What's also surprising is that ruby allows symbols to start with special characters but not numbers. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/