[Rails] '=>' : Ruby or Rails?

[Alex Young]

Bill Walton wrote:
> I'm trying to find an explanation of the difference between '=' and 
> '=>'.  I thought a good first step would be finding out whether this is 
> a Ruby or a Rails construct.  Then I'd dig in before bothering the 
> list.  No joy at step 1.  Can anybody point me to the right documentation?
It's Ruby.

In brief, '=' is a general assignment, while '=>' is specifically for 
key-value relationships in hashes.

Theres some documentation here:
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/intro.html

-- 
Alex