matz / ruby-lang.org (Yukihiro Matsumoto) wrote in message news:<1020898522.044524.14948.nullmailer / picachu.netlab.jp>... > > If you call intern everytime, hash['+symbol'] (1 hash ref) is faster > than hash['+symbol'.intern()] (2 hash ref). > > matz. Oh, I understand clearly. Thank you. This means that both 'string to symbol' and 'symbol(or object) to hash-key' use the same hash-function, isn't it! Regards, kwatch