What’s the difference between colon : and fat arrow => in Ruby? Or when to use what?
:foo => true
foo: true
What’s the difference between colon : and fat arrow => in Ruby? Or when
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What’s the difference between colon : and fat arrow => in Ruby? Or when to use what?
:foo => true
foo: true
The syntax is for defining Hash key/value pairs, and the difference depends on the Ruby version.
Supported in both Ruby 1.8 and Ruby 1.9
Supported only in Ruby 1.9
If you’re developing in Ruby 1.9 you should probably use the syntax:
as it appears to be the direction the community is moving in.