From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2012-02-13T20:55:17+09:00
Subject: Re: the ruby syntax

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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Saji Hameed <saji@u-aizu.ac.jp> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:49 PM, maven apache <apachemaven0@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > But in the ruby document:http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/
> >
> > Definiation of a hash should  like this:
> >
> > {'key'=>'value'.....}
> >
> > Now in the IO.new exmaple,it is written as {key:value}.  Is the ':'
> symbol
> > same as '=>'?? I do not find it is methioned in any document.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, even the latest rubydoc
> http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Hash.html somehow does not mention this
> new syntax.
>
>
Okay, but ruby-doc's purpose isn't to teach you the language, it's to give
you an API reference.

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