finish deprecating handling strings and symbols

since we only work with instances of classes, it greatly simplifies the
`Middleware` implementation.

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/stack.rb

@@ -14,17 +14,6 @@ def initialize(klass, args, block)
 
       def name; klass.name; end
 
-      def ==(middleware)
-        case middleware
-        when Middleware
-          klass == middleware.klass
-        when Class
-          klass == middleware
-        else
-          normalize(name) == normalize(middleware)
-        end
-      end
-
       def inspect
         klass.to_s
       end
@@ -32,12 +21,6 @@ def inspect
       def build(app)
         klass.new(app, *args, &block)
       end
-
-    private
-
-      def normalize(object)
-        object.to_s.strip.sub(/^::/, '')
-      end
     end
 
     include Enumerable
@@ -92,7 +75,8 @@ def swap(target, *args, &block)
     end
 
     def delete(target)
-      middlewares.delete target
+      target = get_class target
+      middlewares.delete_if { |m| m.klass == target }
     end
 
     def use(klass, *args, &block)
@@ -106,7 +90,8 @@ def build(app = Proc.new)
   protected
 
     def assert_index(index, where)
-      i = index.is_a?(Integer) ? index : middlewares.index(index)
+      index = get_class index
+      i = index.is_a?(Integer) ? index : middlewares.index { |m| m.klass == index }
       raise "No such middleware to insert #{where}: #{index.inspect}" unless i
       i
     end

actionpack/test/controller/flash_test.rb

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def with_test_route_set
         @app = self.class.build_app(set) do |middleware|
           middleware.use ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, :key => SessionKey
           middleware.use ActionDispatch::Flash
-          middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions"
+          middleware.delete ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions
         end
 
         yield

actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack/middleware_test.rb

-require 'abstract_unit'
-require 'action_dispatch/middleware/stack'
-
-module ActionDispatch
-  class MiddlewareStack
-    class MiddlewareTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
-      class Omg; end
-
-      {
-        'concrete'  => Omg,
-        'anonymous' => Class.new
-      }.each do |name, klass|
-
-        define_method("test_#{name}_klass") do
-          stack = ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new
-          stack.use klass
-          assert_equal klass, stack.first.klass
-        end
-
-        define_method("test_#{name}_==") do
-          stack = ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new
-          stack.use klass
-          stack.use klass
-          assert_equal 2, stack.size
-          assert_equal stack.first, stack.last
-        end
-
-      end
-
-      attr_reader :stack
-
-      def setup
-        @stack = ActionDispatch::MiddlewareStack.new
-      end
-
-      def test_double_equal_works_with_classes
-        k = Class.new
-        stack.use k
-        assert_operator stack.first, :==, k
-
-        result = stack.first != Class.new
-        assert result, 'middleware should not equal other anon class'
-      end
-
-      def test_double_equal_works_with_strings
-        stack.use Omg
-        assert_operator stack.first, :==, Omg.name
-      end
-
-      def test_double_equal_normalizes_strings
-        stack.use Omg
-        assert_operator stack.first, :==, "::#{Omg.name}"
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end

actionpack/test/dispatch/middleware_stack_test.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class MiddlewareStackTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   class FooMiddleware; end
   class BarMiddleware; end
   class BazMiddleware; end
+  class HiyaMiddleware; end
   class BlockMiddleware
     attr_reader :block
     def initialize(&block)
@@ -17,6 +18,20 @@ def setup
     @stack.use BarMiddleware
   end
 
+  def test_delete_with_string_is_deprecated
+    assert_deprecated do
+      assert_difference "@stack.size", -1 do
+        @stack.delete FooMiddleware.name
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_delete_works
+    assert_difference "@stack.size", -1 do
+      @stack.delete FooMiddleware
+    end
+  end
+
   test "use should push middleware as class onto the stack" do
     assert_difference "@stack.size" do
       @stack.use BazMiddleware
@@ -100,11 +115,11 @@ def setup
 
   test "raise an error on invalid index" do
     assert_raise RuntimeError do
-      @stack.insert("HiyaMiddleware", BazMiddleware)
+      @stack.insert(HiyaMiddleware, BazMiddleware)
     end
 
     assert_raise RuntimeError do
-      @stack.insert_after("HiyaMiddleware", BazMiddleware)
+      @stack.insert_after(HiyaMiddleware, BazMiddleware)
     end
   end
 

actionpack/test/dispatch/session/cache_store_test.rb

@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def with_test_route_set
         @app = self.class.build_app(set) do |middleware|
           @cache = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new
           middleware.use ActionDispatch::Session::CacheStore, :key => '_session_id', :cache => @cache
-          middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions"
+          middleware.delete ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions
         end
 
         yield

actionpack/test/dispatch/session/cookie_store_test.rb

@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ def with_test_route_set(options = {})
 
         @app = self.class.build_app(set) do |middleware|
           middleware.use ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, options
-          middleware.delete "ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions"
+          middleware.delete ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions
         end
 
         yield