Re: [Pharo-users] Pharo-users Question about the symbols

Good idea! Stef Le 8/4/16 09:49, Cyril Ferlicot Delbecque a écrit :

On 08/04/2016 09:05, Henrik Nergaard wrote:

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| s1 s2 |

s1 := 1234 asString. s2 := 1234 asString.

s1 = s2. "true" s1 == s2. "false"

s1 asSymbol = s2 asSymbol. "true" s1 asSymbol == s2 asSymbol. "true"

(s1 class allInstances select: [:s | s = s1 ]) size. "2" (s1 asSymbol class allInstances select: [:s | s = s1 asSymbol ]) size. "1"

[ #stringA = #stringB ] bench. "26,812,864 per second" [ 'StringA' = 'StringB' ] bench. "3,492,987 per second"

Best regards, Henrik Hi Henrik,

The class comment of Symbol is really not enough. It need improvement. I think it would be good to add your examples at least in the class comment.