From: Yui NARUSE Date: 2012-01-08T04:58:17+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:41965] [ruby-trunk - Bug #5860][Rejected] Hash literal '{:a==>1}' Issue #5860 has been updated by Yui NARUSE. Status changed from Open to Rejected Well trained rubyist will see a setter-like property symbol :a=. ---------------------------------------- Bug #5860: Hash literal '{:a==>1}' https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/5860 Author: Hiro Asari Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: core Target version: ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0dev (2011-12-31 trunk 34165) [x86_64-darwin11.2.0] =begin There is an esoteric hash literal construct possible in the Ruby grammar: {:a==>1} Looking at (()), I am pretty sure this is intended behavior, but I wanted to make sure that this is so. =end -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org