Symbol[int] not working as expected.

In Ruby 1.9 Symbol can receive and convert to a string and then index. I've confirmed this works as expected in the Rails console and irb.

I have a model with a method_missing method defined. Like this:

def method_missing(name, *args, &block)       if name[-1] == '='          # Do some stuff and perhaps return       end

      super end

This throws: undefined method '' for :title:Symbol (NoMethodError) 'title' is one of the model's attributes that is getting sent to the model in a view. Does Rails monkey with Symbol somewhere and undefine ? I'm stumped.

Problem solved… irb, script/console were running ruby 1.9.1 All my tests and specs running on 1.8.6 …that’s not good.

Found with a spec: it “should be running Ruby 1.9.1” do RUBY_VERSION.should == “1.9.1” end