Symbol

The Symbol type represents an symbolic identified in raypy, which is not mutable. Symbols are commonly used for function and env var names.

• Any Python value can be converted to a Symbol (via string conversion)
• Symbols are immutable once created
• Comparison works only between Symbol instances

Type Information

Type	Rayforce Object Type Code
Symbol	-6

Creating Symbol Values

from raypy import types as t

>>> t.Symbol("this is a symbol")
Symbol(this is a symbol)

>>> t.Symbol(123)
Symbol(123)

Accessing Values

>>> s = t.Symbol("symbol")
>>> s
Symbol("symbol")

>>> s.value
"symbol"

Comparison

>>> s1 = t.Symbol("test")
>>> s2 = t.Symbol("test")
>>> s3 = t.Symbol("other")

>>> s1 == s2
True

>>> s1 == s3
False

Type Conversion

>>> t.Symbol("hello")
Symbol("hello")

>>> t.Symbol(42)
Symbol(42)

>>> Symbol(3.14)
Symbol(3.14)

>>> Symbol(True)
Symbol(True)