help for hash.to_json

hi , all   under rails 2.0

aotianlong@aotianlong:~/workspace/killer$ ruby script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.0.1)

{:user=>"aotianlong"}.to_json

=> "{\"user\": \"aotianlong\"}"

user = User.find :first

=> #<User id: 1, uname: "aotianlong">

user.to_json

=> "{\"attributes\": {\"id\":1,\"uname\": \"aotianlong\"}}"

{:user=>user}.to_json

ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:22:in `to_json'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:22:in `send'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:22:in `encode'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:32:in `raise_on_circular_reference'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb:21:in `encode'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:45:in `to_json'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:44:in `map'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:44:in `to_json'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/misc.rb:28:in `returning'         from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.1/lib/active_support/json/encoders/hash.rb:43:in `to_json'         from (irb):4

how let {:user=>user}.to_json work correct?

thanks for reply.