From 65be1a0e7a93b2f4e308739d55516be0c58543df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francesco Rodriguez <lrodriguezsanc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:05:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] encourage use of Ruby 1.9 syntax [ci skip]

---
 guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
index 6e843062ec..6d63697047 100644
--- a/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
+++ b/guides/source/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.md
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ TIP: Changes that are cosmetic in nature and do not add anything substantial to
 
 Rails follows a simple set of coding style conventions.
 
+* Use Ruby >= 1.9 syntax. Prefer `{ a: :b }` over `{ :a => :b }`.
 * Two spaces, no tabs (for indentation).
 * No trailing whitespace. Blank lines should not have any spaces.
 * Indent after private/protected.