# Symbol as String for C

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-as-string-for-c/159226>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-as-string-for-c/159226 "2009-02-02T16:07:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![arton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@arton](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arton)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-as-string-for-c/159226/1 "2009-02-02T16:07:43Z")

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\*\*\* [string.c.org](http://string.c.org) Mon Feb 02 23:46:37 2009  
— string.c Mon Feb 02 23:49:34 2009  
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* rb\_string\_value(volatile VALUE \*ptr)  
\*\*\* 1236,1242 \*\*\*\*  
{  
VALUE s = \*ptr;  
if (TYPE(s) != T\_STRING) {  
! s = rb\_str\_to\_str(s);  
\*ptr = s;  
}  
return s;  
— 1236,1247 ----  
{  
VALUE s = \*ptr;  
if (TYPE(s) != T\_STRING) {  
! if (SYMBOL\_P(s)) {  
! s = rb\_sym\_to\_s(s);  
! }  
! else {  
! s = rb\_str\_to\_str(s);  
! }  
\*ptr = s;  
}  
return s;

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