* hash.c: Hash[] and {} are not equivalent by @eam [Fixes GH-301]

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@40679 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f7b1f100ad..5a1905732a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon May 13 10:30:04 2013  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
+
+	* hash.c: Hash[] and {} are not equivalent by @eam [Fixes GH-301]
+
 Mon May 13 10:04:22 2013  Zachary Scott  <zachary@zacharyscott.net>
 
 	* random.c: Document Random::DEFAULT by @eLobato [Fixes GH-304]
diff --git a/hash.c b/hash.c
index 43b6757f14..2cb570505c 100644
--- a/hash.c
+++ b/hash.c
@@ -375,11 +375,14 @@ rb_hash_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE hash)
  *     Hash[ [ [key, value], ... ] ]   -> new_hash
  *     Hash[ object ]                  -> new_hash
  *
- *  Creates a new hash populated with the given objects. Equivalent to
- *  the literal <code>{ <i>key</i> => <i>value</i>, ... }</code>. In the first
- *  form, keys and values occur in pairs, so there must be an even number of arguments.
- *  The second and third form take a single argument which is either
- *  an array of key-value pairs or an object convertible to a hash.
+ *  Creates a new hash populated with the given objects.
+ *
+ *  Similar to the literal <code>{ _key_ => _value_, ... }</code>. In the first
+ *  form, keys and values occur in pairs, so there must be an even number of
+ *  arguments.
+ *
+ *  The second and third form take a single argument which is either an array
+ *  of key-value pairs or an object convertible to a hash.
  *
  *     Hash["a", 100, "b", 200]             #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>200}
  *     Hash[ [ ["a", 100], ["b", 200] ] ]   #=> {"a"=>100, "b"=>200}