symbol.rb

   1 class Symbol
   2   # call-seq:
   3   #   to_s -> string
   4   #
   5   # Returns a string representation of +self+ (not including the leading colon):
   6   #
   7   #   :foo.to_s # => "foo"
   8   #
   9   # Related: Symbol#inspect, Symbol#name.
  10   def to_s
  11     Primitive.attr! :leaf
  12     Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_sym_to_s(self)'
  13   end
  14
  15   alias id2name to_s
  16
  17   # call-seq:
  18   #   to_sym -> self
  19   #
  20   # Returns +self+.
  21   #
  22   # Related: String#to_sym.
  23   def to_sym
  24     self
  25   end
  26
  27   alias intern to_sym
  28 end