Consolidate Object#to_param and #to_query core extensions

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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/to_param.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/to_param.rb
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+class Object
+  # Alias of <tt>to_s</tt>.
+  def to_param
+    to_s
+  end
+end
+
+class NilClass
+  def to_param
+    self
+  end
+end
+
+class TrueClass
+  def to_param
+    self
+  end
+end
+
+class FalseClass
+  def to_param
+    self
+  end
+end
+
+class Array
+  # Calls <tt>to_param</tt> on all its elements and joins the result with
+  # slashes. This is used by <tt>url_for</tt> in Action Pack.
+  def to_param
+    collect { |e| e.to_param }.join '/'
+  end
+end
+
+class Hash
+  # Converts a hash into a string suitable for use as a URL query string. An optional <tt>namespace</tt> can be
+  # passed to enclose the param names (see example below).
+  #
+  # ==== Examples
+  #   { :name => 'David', :nationality => 'Danish' }.to_query # => "name=David&nationality=Danish"
+  #
+  #   { :name => 'David', :nationality => 'Danish' }.to_query('user') # => "user%5Bname%5D=David&user%5Bnationality%5D=Danish"
+  def to_param(namespace = nil)
+    collect do |key, value|
+      value.to_query(namespace ? "#{namespace}[#{key}]" : key)
+    end.sort * '&'
+  end
+end