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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Strings String Documentation

Posted by Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith
900 Points

Define aliasing as it is used in the context of this ruby doc: Because of aliasing issues, users of strings should..

I am not sure what is meant the term aliasing. I am in the module Ruby Basics covering String Documentation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Jeremy

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

The term "aliasing" means that something does the same thing, but has a different name.