Symbol params back in thanks to Jeremy Evans

lib/sinatra.rb

@@ -587,9 +587,12 @@ def initialize(request, response, route_params)
     end
 
     def params
-      @params = @route_params.merge(@request.params)
+      @params ||= begin 
+        h = Hash.new {|h,k| h[k.to_s] if Symbol === k}
+        h.merge(@route_params.merge(@request.params))
+      end
     end
-        
+
     def stop(*args)
       throw :halt, args
     end

test/sym_params_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
+
+context "Symbol Params" do
+
+  setup do
+    Sinatra.application = nil
+  end
+
+  specify "should be accessable as Strings or Symbols" do
+    get '/' do
+      params[:foo] + params['foo']
+    end
+
+    get_it '/', :foo => "X"
+    assert_equal('XX', body)
+  end
+
+end
+