From ba7a454f92a93d50652ff29e2f8753fc48b01cf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Ashkenas
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:43:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adding a note to the docs about colon/equals equality
---
documentation/index.html.erb | 3 ++-
index.html | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/documentation/index.html.erb b/documentation/index.html.erb
index 4bd550da..e481b541 100644
--- a/documentation/index.html.erb
+++ b/documentation/index.html.erb
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ print reverse 'tpircseeffoc'
Use a colon : to assign, as in
JSON. Equal signs are only needed for
- mathy things.
+ mathy things. While colons are preferred, the two may be used interchangeably,
+ even within object literals.
<%= code_for('assignment', 'greeting') %>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index fcd1eb55..9bb7bf70 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ cube = function cube(x) {
Use a colon : to assign, as in
JSON. Equal signs are only needed for
- mathy things.
+ mathy things. While colons are preferred, the two may be used interchangeably,
+ even within object literals.
greeting: "Hello CoffeeScript"
difficulty: 0.5