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to_sym

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to_sym() public

In general, to_sym returns the Symbol corresponding to an object. As sym is already a symbol, self is returned in this case.

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/*
 * call-seq:
 *   sym.to_sym   => sym
 *
 * In general, <code>to_sym</code> returns the <code>Symbol</code> corresponding
 * to an object. As <i>sym</i> is already a symbol, <code>self</code> is returned
 * in this case.
 */

static VALUE
sym_to_sym(sym)
    VALUE sym;
{
    return sym;
}

to_sym

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