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Created February 22, 2011 18:12
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Symbols are not always interchangeable with strings
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ruby_symbol_fail
ree-1.8.7-2010.02 :014 > k = "1"
=> "1"
ree-1.8.7-2010.02 :015 > k.to_i
=> 1
ree-1.8.7-2010.02 :016 > k = "1".to_sym
=> :"1"
ree-1.8.7-2010.02 :017 > k.to_i
=> 16943
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