Ara.T.Howard wrote:
>
> ... for a while i was a fan of using symbols as hash keys,
> but now use only strings. this is mostly due to the wonderful
> ease of using yaml files as configuration files ...


Sorry, I just noticed this and it almost spoilt
my enjoyment of an iced biscuit.

Have you noticed that '_why'.capitalize has improved Symbol#to_yaml ?

require 'yaml'
puts :asym.to_yaml

#-> ruby 1.9.0 (2004-06-25)
#-> --- :asym

##      - was ...

#-> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-08-30)
#-> --- !ruby/sym asym


If there's another reason for preferring strings, I hope I
won't be trying to drink a glass of milk when I read it.

;-)

daz