figured out how to create a hash with indifferent access.

indiffhash.rb

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+class IndiffHash 
+
+  def self.[](*values)
+   self.new(values)
+  end
+
+  def initialize(values = [])
+    @hash = Hash[*values]
+    @hash = @hash.inject({}){|memo,(k,v)| memo[k.to_sym] = v; memo}
+  end
+
+  def [](index)
+    @hash[index.to_sym]
+  end
+
+  def []=(index, value)
+    @hash[index.to_sym] = value
+  end
+
+end