# Symbol#inspect should use rb\_str\_inspect

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-inspect-should-use-rb-str-inspect/130643>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-inspect-should-use-rb-str-inspect/130643 "2008-03-01T04:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sheepman)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/symbol-inspect-should-use-rb-str-inspect/130643/1 "2008-03-01T04:00:11Z")

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e$B$3$s$K$A$Oe(B sheepman e$B$G$9!#e(B

Symbol#inspect e$B$Ke(B force\_encoding e$B$^$G=PNO$5$l$F$$$^$9!#e(B

$ ruby-1.9 -ve ‘p “e$B4A;ze(B”.encode(“UTF-16LE”).intern’  
ruby 1.9.0 (2008-03-01 revision 15239) [i686-linux]  
:"“oW[”.force\_encoding(“UTF-16LE”)