arrayfields 4.0.0 → 4.1.0

data/README

@@ -238,10 +238,43 @@ SAMPLES
     [[:key, :value], [:a, :b]]
 
 
+  <========< sample/e.rb >========>
+
+  ~ > cat sample/e.rb
+
+    require 'arrayfields'
+    
+    Entry = Array.struct :path, :stat
+    
+    entry = Entry[ File.basename(__FILE__), File.stat(__FILE__) ]
+    p entry[:path]   #=> "e.rb"
+    p entry.path     #=> "e.rb"
+    
+    entry.path = 'foo'
+    p entry[:path]   #=> "foo"
+    p entry.path     #=> "foo"
+    
+    entry.path 'bar' # getter acts as setter without args
+    p entry['path']  #=> "bar"
+    p entry.path     #=> "bar"
+
+  ~ > ruby sample/e.rb
+
+    "e.rb"
+    "e.rb"
+    "foo"
+    "foo"
+    "bar"
+    "bar"
+
+
 AUTHOR
   ara.t.howard@gmail.com
 
 HISTORY
+  4.1.0:
+    - improved Array.struct method, see sample/e.rb
+
   4.0.0:
     - added Arrayfields.new(*arbitrary_evenly_numbered_list_of_objects)
     - added #to_pairs and #pairs

data/README.tmpl

@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ AUTHOR
   ara.t.howard@gmail.com
 
 HISTORY
+  4.1.0:
+    - improved Array.struct method, see sample/e.rb
+
   4.0.0:
     - added Arrayfields.new(*arbitrary_evenly_numbered_list_of_objects)
     - added #to_pairs and #pairs

data/lib/{arrayfields-4.0.0.rb → arrayfields-4.1.0.rb}

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Array#fields= is called
 #
   module ArrayFields 
-    self::VERSION = '4.0.0' unless defined? self::VERSION
+    self::VERSION = '4.1.0' unless defined? self::VERSION
     def self.version() VERSION end
   #
   # multiton cache of fields - wraps fields and fieldpos map to save memory
@@ -317,14 +317,37 @@
 
     class << self
       def struct *fields
+        fields = fields.flatten
         Class.new(self) do
-          const_set :FIELDS, ArrayFields::FieldSet.new(fields.flatten)
           include ArrayFields
+          const_set :FIELDS, ArrayFields::FieldSet.new(fields)
+          fields.each do |field|
+            field = field.to_s
+            if field =~ %r/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/
+              begin
+                module_eval <<-code
+                  def #{ field } *a
+                    a.size == 0 ? self['#{ field }'] : (self.#{ field } = a.shift) 
+                  end
+                  def #{ field }= value
+                    self['#{ field }'] = value
+                  end
+                code
+              rescue SyntaxError
+                :by_ignoring_it
+              end
+            end
+          end
           def initialize *a, &b
             super
           ensure
             @fieldset = self.class.const_get :FIELDS
           end
+          def self.[] *elements
+            array = new
+            array.replace elements
+            array
+          end
         end
       end
       def fields *fields, &block

data/lib/arrayfields.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Array#fields= is called
 #
   module ArrayFields 
-    self::VERSION = '4.0.0' unless defined? self::VERSION
+    self::VERSION = '4.1.0' unless defined? self::VERSION
     def self.version() VERSION end
   #
   # multiton cache of fields - wraps fields and fieldpos map to save memory
@@ -317,14 +317,37 @@
 
     class << self
       def struct *fields
+        fields = fields.flatten
         Class.new(self) do
-          const_set :FIELDS, ArrayFields::FieldSet.new(fields.flatten)
           include ArrayFields
+          const_set :FIELDS, ArrayFields::FieldSet.new(fields)
+          fields.each do |field|
+            field = field.to_s
+            if field =~ %r/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/
+              begin
+                module_eval <<-code
+                  def #{ field } *a
+                    a.size == 0 ? self['#{ field }'] : (self.#{ field } = a.shift) 
+                  end
+                  def #{ field }= value
+                    self['#{ field }'] = value
+                  end
+                code
+              rescue SyntaxError
+                :by_ignoring_it
+              end
+            end
+          end
           def initialize *a, &b
             super
           ensure
             @fieldset = self.class.const_get :FIELDS
           end
+          def self.[] *elements
+            array = new
+            array.replace elements
+            array
+          end
         end
       end
       def fields *fields, &block

data/sample/e.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require 'arrayfields'
+
+Entry = Array.struct :path, :stat
+
+entry = Entry[ File.basename(__FILE__), File.stat(__FILE__) ]
+p entry[:path]   #=> "e.rb"
+p entry.path     #=> "e.rb"
+
+entry.path = 'foo'
+p entry[:path]   #=> "foo"
+p entry.path     #=> "foo"
+
+entry.path 'bar' # getter acts as setter without args
+p entry['path']  #=> "bar"
+p entry.path     #=> "bar"

metadata

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ rubygems_version: 0.9.2
 specification_version: 1
 name: arrayfields
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 4.0.0
-date: 2007-09-13 00:00:00 -06:00
+  version: 4.1.0
+date: 2007-09-14 00:00:00 -06:00
 summary: arrayfields
 require_paths: 
 - lib
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ files:
 - gen_readme.rb
 - install.rb
 - lib
-- lib/arrayfields-4.0.0.rb
+- lib/arrayfields-4.1.0.rb
 - lib/arrayfields.rb
 - README
 - README.tmpl
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ files:
 - sample/b.rb
 - sample/c.rb
 - sample/d.rb
+- sample/e.rb
 - test
 - test/arrayfields.rb
 - test/memtest.rb