[chef] Re: Re: converting attributes to ruby hash

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Hi Seth, 

Thanks for the help! Using [] notation rather than dot notation seems to have
fixed the problem with config.to_json generating unparsable json. I still have
two questions:

1) is `JSON.parse(config.to_json)` the correct way to get a ruby hash out of 
an
attribute? should `to_hash` accept a parameter for recursion? what's the point
of `.to_hash` anyway if it doesn't convert attributes into a hash…?
2) is dot notation deprecated? 

Thanks again,
--Igor