A piece of crap.

the_horror.rb

# This is crap. :o
# Why did I code this? I should have know better.
# only in ruby 1.9
class Stringificator < BasicObject
  Signature = " >   a hidden method  < "

  define_method(Signature) { ::Kernel.binding }

  def method_missing(x)
    x.to_s
  end
end

def hashify(str)
  Kernel.eval("{ #{ str } }", Stringificator.new.__send__(Stringificator::Signature))
end

puts hashify('a:b, c:d')
puts hashify('a:b, c:d').class