Monkey patch for Hash fun.

gistfile1.rb

class Hash
  # This will favor :symbol keys over string keys
  def method_missing (method, *args)
    if has_key? method.to_sym
      self[method.to_sym]
    elsif has_key? method.to_s
      self[method.to_s]
    else
      super
    end
  end
end

# {:a => 5}.a == 5