Top "Symbols" questions

What does the Ruby method 'to_sym' do?

What does the to_sym method do? What is it used for?

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In Ruby what does "=>" mean and how does it work?

While learning Ruby I've come across the "=>" operator on occasion. Usually I see it in the form of :symbol =&…

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Purpose of Scala's Symbol?

Possible Duplicate: What are some example use cases for symbol literals in Scala? What's the purpose of Symbol and why …

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cannot find symbol in Android Studio without rebuilding project

When I try to deploy my project to the emulator the compile fails with a bunch of Cannot find symbol …

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Ubuntu and undefined symbol for SSLv2_method

Is Canonical renaming symbols in their package version of openssl, and if so for what purpose? When I compile openssl-1.0.0…

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What's the difference between a string and a symbol in Ruby?

What's the difference between a string and a symbol in Ruby and when should I use one over the other?

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Duplicate symbol issues

During a refactor of an iOS project, I ran into this bear of a bug. During the linking phase, I …

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What is the meaning of ∃?

Reading a book on algorithms. Can someone explain the meaning of the mathematical symbol ∃?

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Monospaced font/symbols for JTextPane

I want to build a console-like output using JTextPane. Therefore I am using a monospaced font: textpane.setFont(new Font(…

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Symbol hiding in static libraries built with Xcode

I'm trying to figure out whether I can build a static library that hides all of its internal objects and …

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