On Sep 20, 11:25=A0am, "Thomas B." <tpr... / gmail.com> wrote: > Nice idea. After some modification (using method_missing) it could be > used as a temporary patch on Ruby 1.8, as in Ruby 1.9 symbols are going > to respond to most string-like methods. I'm curious to see which methods. But I take it just some methods have been added, no type of inheritance is going on, right? Ie. If we extend String, it won't effect Symbol in any way. Or is there some magic going on in 1.9 here? T.