That looks like one of those places that symbols and strings are not
created equal. Don’t worry about it, it’s Rails being a tad quirky
In general, in Ruby, symbols and strings are very different creatures.
Rails goes through quite a few contortions to make them
interchangeable, but there are a few places that slip through the
cracks…
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