I've read your link clarifying the difference between symbols and strings.
As far as I can tell, we can't use symbols as hash keys, since the values (in defaults = ...) get reassigned with each new instance of a class, and if I've understood correctly, you can't modify a symbol once it's defined.
I've read your link clarifying the difference between symbols and strings.
As far as I can tell, we can't use symbols as hash keys, since the values (in
defaults = ...) get reassigned with each new instance of a class, and if I've understood correctly, you can't modify a symbol once it's defined.