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# File action_controller/request.rb, line 421
def parse_request_parameters(params)
  parser = UrlEncodedPairParser.new

  params = params.dup
  until params.empty?
    for key, value in params
      if key.blank?
        params.delete key
      elsif !key.include?('[')
        # much faster to test for the most common case first (GET)
        # and avoid the call to build_deep_hash
        parser.result[key] = get_typed_value(value[0])
        params.delete key
      elsif value.is_a?(Array)
        parser.parse(key, get_typed_value(value.shift))
        params.delete key if value.empty?
      else
        raise TypeError, "Expected array, found #{value.inspect}"
      end
    end
  end

  parser.result
end