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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Ruby's symbols
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

On 01/05/2013 03:29 PM, Kris Craig wrote:

> In both cases, we really don't care what the actual values of brown, black,
> and purple are.  We just want it to be unique so we can reference each of
> them in a visually friendly way with minimal performance impact.  That's
> where I could see a valid use-case for Ruby-like symbols in PHP.

What you are describing is just an enum. That's not really what Ruby
symbols are about.

-Rasmus