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author | Iulian Dragos <jaguarul@gmail.com> | 2008-02-12 10:06:09 +0000 |
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committer | Iulian Dragos <jaguarul@gmail.com> | 2008-02-12 10:06:09 +0000 |
commit | fb3b62bc0fbd0b398c57b4bae225f51b1d81b587 (patch) | |
tree | d905447ab11ce2ae9272e5de35fb572f844de50f /src | |
parent | 8c53284280fa1db27274e930d516fafbbc238d49 (diff) | |
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Corrections to the documentation
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diff --git a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala index 92a4e838f0..2c951a4619 100644 --- a/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala +++ b/src/library/scala/Symbol.scala @@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ import scala.collection.jcl private[scala] object internedSymbols extends jcl.WeakHashMap[Symbol, ref.WeakReference[Symbol]] /** <p> - * Instances of <code>Symbol</code> can be created easily with - * Scala's built-in quote mechanism. + * This class provides a simple way to get unique objects for + * equal strings. By default, symbols use string equality for + * equality testing, but interned symbols can be compared using + * reference equality for the same effect. Instances of + * <code>Symbol</code> can be created easily with Scala's built-in +* quote mechanism. * </p> * <p> * For instance, the <a href="http://scala-lang.org/" target="_top">Scala</a> * term <code>'mysym</code> will invoke the constructor of the * <code>Symbol</code> class in the following way: - * <code>new Symbol("mysym")</code>. + * <code>new Symbol("mysym").intern</code>. * </p> * * @author Martin Odersky |