I.e. is there a generic name for the : in Groovy’s ['a':'1'], => in Ruby’s {:a => '1'}, -> in Scala’s Map('a'->'1')?
I.e. is there a generic name for the : in Groovy’s [‘a’:’1′] , =>
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I.e. is there a generic name for the : in Groovy’s ['a':'1'], => in Ruby’s {:a => '1'}, -> in Scala’s Map('a'->'1')?
It appears there is no universally accepted term for this symbol, although there are a few variants with some traction listed in the other answers.