agnostic_hash.rb

# Man, I hate having to sort out strings vs symbols in Hashes

class AgnosticHash < Hash
  def [](key)
    super(coerce_key(key))
  end
  
  def []=(key, value)
    super(coerce_key(key), value)
  end
  
  def to_h
    Hash[self]
  end
  
private

  def coerce_key(key)
    [key, key.to_s, key.to_sym].find { |k| has_key?(k) } || key.to_s
  end
end