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...