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Rails Update Fixes Hash Key Stringification Issue

New Rails update fixes stringify_keys issue: now turns all hash keys into strings, regardless of type. This makes code more reliable and consistent.

A new Rails update fixes how the stringify_keys handles different types of hash keys. This change makes the code more reliable and consistent.

  
  
  The Problem

Rails has a special type of hash called HashWithIndifferentAccess. In the past, it had a quirk. When you used the stringify_keys method, it would only turn symbol keys into strings. Other types of keys, like numbers, stayed the same.

  
  
  The Fix

The new version changes this behavior. Now, stringify_keys turns all keys into strings, no matter what type they were before. Let's look at an example:

# Old behavior:
# The number 1...