ghost_dm-core 1.3.0.beta

data/lib/dm-core/support/inflector/inflections.rb

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+module DataMapper
+  module Inflector
+    # A singleton instance of this class is yielded by Inflector.inflections, which can then be used to specify additional
+    # inflection rules. Examples:
+    #
+    #   DataMapper::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
+    #     inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en'
+    #     inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'
+    #
+    #     inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'
+    #
+    #     inflect.uncountable "equipment"
+    #   end
+    #
+    # New rules are added at the top. So in the example above, the irregular rule for octopus will now be the first of the
+    # pluralization and singularization rules that is runs. This guarantees that your rules run before any of the rules that may
+    # already have been loaded.
+    class Inflections
+      def self.instance
+        @__instance__ ||= new
+      end
+
+      attr_reader :plurals, :singulars, :uncountables, :humans
+
+      def initialize
+        @plurals, @singulars, @uncountables, @humans = [], [], [], []
+      end
+
+      # Specifies a new pluralization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
+      # The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule.
+      def plural(rule, replacement)
+        @uncountables.delete(rule) if rule.is_a?(String)
+        @uncountables.delete(replacement)
+        @plurals.insert(0, [rule, replacement])
+      end
+
+      # Specifies a new singularization rule and its replacement. The rule can either be a string or a regular expression.
+      # The replacement should always be a string that may include references to the matched data from the rule.
+      def singular(rule, replacement)
+        @uncountables.delete(rule) if rule.is_a?(String)
+        @uncountables.delete(replacement)
+        @singulars.insert(0, [rule, replacement])
+      end
+
+      # Specifies a new irregular that applies to both pluralization and singularization at the same time. This can only be used
+      # for strings, not regular expressions. You simply pass the irregular in singular and plural form.
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'
+      #   irregular 'person', 'people'
+      def irregular(singular, plural)
+        @uncountables.delete(singular)
+        @uncountables.delete(plural)
+        if singular[0,1].upcase == plural[0,1].upcase
+          plural(Regexp.new("(#{singular[0,1]})#{singular[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + plural[1..-1])
+          plural(Regexp.new("(#{plural[0,1]})#{plural[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + plural[1..-1])
+          singular(Regexp.new("(#{plural[0,1]})#{plural[1..-1]}$", "i"), '\1' + singular[1..-1])
+        else
+          plural(Regexp.new("#{singular[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{singular[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].upcase + plural[1..-1])
+          plural(Regexp.new("#{singular[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{singular[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].downcase + plural[1..-1])
+          plural(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].upcase + plural[1..-1])
+          plural(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), plural[0,1].downcase + plural[1..-1])
+          singular(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].upcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), singular[0,1].upcase + singular[1..-1])
+          singular(Regexp.new("#{plural[0,1].downcase}(?i)#{plural[1..-1]}$"), singular[0,1].downcase + singular[1..-1])
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Add uncountable words that shouldn't be attempted inflected.
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   uncountable "money"
+      #   uncountable "money", "information"
+      #   uncountable %w( money information rice )
+      def uncountable(*words)
+        (@uncountables << words).flatten!
+      end
+
+      # Specifies a humanized form of a string by a regular expression rule or by a string mapping.
+      # When using a regular expression based replacement, the normal humanize formatting is called after the replacement.
+      # When a string is used, the human form should be specified as desired (example: 'The name', not 'the_name')
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   human /_cnt$/i, '\1_count'
+      #   human "legacy_col_person_name", "Name"
+      def human(rule, replacement)
+        @humans.insert(0, [rule, replacement])
+      end
+
+      # Clears the loaded inflections within a given scope (default is <tt>:all</tt>).
+      # Give the scope as a symbol of the inflection type, the options are: <tt>:plurals</tt>,
+      # <tt>:singulars</tt>, <tt>:uncountables</tt>, <tt>:humans</tt>.
+      #
+      # Examples:
+      #   clear :all
+      #   clear :plurals
+      def clear(scope = :all)
+        case scope
+          when :all
+            @plurals, @singulars, @uncountables = [], [], []
+          else
+            instance_variable_set "@#{scope}", []
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Yields a singleton instance of Inflector::Inflections so you can specify additional
+    # inflector rules.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #   DataMapper::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
+    #     inflect.uncountable "rails"
+    #   end
+    def inflections
+      if block_given?
+        yield Inflections.instance
+      else
+        Inflections.instance
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns the plural form of the word in the string.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "post".pluralize             # => "posts"
+    #   "octopus".pluralize          # => "octopi"
+    #   "sheep".pluralize            # => "sheep"
+    #   "words".pluralize            # => "words"
+    #   "CamelOctopus".pluralize     # => "CamelOctopi"
+    def pluralize(word)
+      result = word.to_s.dup
+
+      if word.empty? || inflections.uncountables.include?(result.downcase)
+        result
+      else
+        inflections.plurals.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
+        result
+      end
+    end
+
+    # The reverse of +pluralize+, returns the singular form of a word in a string.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "posts".singularize            # => "post"
+    #   "octopi".singularize           # => "octopus"
+    #   "sheep".singularize            # => "sheep"
+    #   "word".singularize             # => "word"
+    #   "CamelOctopi".singularize      # => "CamelOctopus"
+    def singularize(word)
+      result = word.to_s.dup
+
+      if inflections.uncountables.any? { |inflection| result =~ /\b(#{inflection})\Z/i }
+        result
+      else
+        inflections.singulars.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
+        result
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Capitalizes the first word and turns underscores into spaces and strips a
+    # trailing "_id", if any. Like +titleize+, this is meant for creating pretty output.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "employee_salary" # => "Employee salary"
+    #   "author_id"       # => "Author"
+    def humanize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)
+      result = lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.dup
+
+      inflections.humans.each { |(rule, replacement)| break if result.gsub!(rule, replacement) }
+      result.gsub(/_id$/, "").gsub(/_/, " ").capitalize
+    end
+
+    # Capitalizes all the words and replaces some characters in the string to create
+    # a nicer looking title. +titleize+ is meant for creating pretty output. It is not
+    # used in the Rails internals.
+    #
+    # +titleize+ is also aliased as as +titlecase+.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "man from the boondocks".titleize # => "Man From The Boondocks"
+    #   "x-men: the last stand".titleize  # => "X Men: The Last Stand"
+    def titleize(word)
+      humanize(underscore(word)).gsub(/\b('?[a-z])/) { $1.capitalize }
+    end
+
+    # Create the name of a table like Rails does for models to table names. This method
+    # uses the +pluralize+ method on the last word in the string.
+    #
+    # Examples
+    #   "RawScaledScorer".tableize # => "raw_scaled_scorers"
+    #   "egg_and_ham".tableize     # => "egg_and_hams"
+    #   "fancyCategory".tableize   # => "fancy_categories"
+    def tableize(class_name)
+      pluralize(underscore(class_name))
+    end
+
+    # Create a class name from a plural table name like Rails does for table names to models.
+    # Note that this returns a string and not a Class. (To convert to an actual class
+    # follow +classify+ with +constantize+.)
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "egg_and_hams".classify # => "EggAndHam"
+    #   "posts".classify        # => "Post"
+    #
+    # Singular names are not handled correctly:
+    #   "business".classify     # => "Busines"
+    def classify(table_name)
+      # strip out any leading schema name
+      camelize(singularize(table_name.to_s.sub(/.*\./, '')))
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/dm-core/support/inflector/methods.rb

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+module DataMapper
+  # The Inflector transforms words from singular to plural, class names to table names, modularized class names to ones without,
+  # and class names to foreign keys. The default inflections for pluralization, singularization, and uncountable words are kept
+  # in inflections.rb.
+  #
+  # The Rails core team has stated patches for the inflections library will not be accepted
+  # in order to avoid breaking legacy applications which may be relying on errant inflections.
+  # If you discover an incorrect inflection and require it for your application, you'll need
+  # to correct it yourself (explained below).
+  module Inflector
+    extend self
+
+    # By default, +camelize+ converts strings to UpperCamelCase. If the argument to +camelize+
+    # is set to <tt>:lower</tt> then +camelize+ produces lowerCamelCase.
+    #
+    # +camelize+ will also convert '/' to '::' which is useful for converting paths to namespaces.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "active_record".camelize                # => "ActiveRecord"
+    #   "active_record".camelize(:lower)        # => "activeRecord"
+    #   "active_record/errors".camelize         # => "ActiveRecord::Errors"
+    #   "active_record/errors".camelize(:lower) # => "activeRecord::Errors"
+    #
+    # As a rule of thumb you can think of +camelize+ as the inverse of +underscore+,
+    # though there are cases where that does not hold:
+    #
+    #   "SSLError".underscore.camelize # => "SslError"
+    def camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word, first_letter_in_uppercase = true)
+      if first_letter_in_uppercase
+        lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s.gsub(/\/(.?)/) { "::#{$1.upcase}" }.gsub(/(?:^|_)(.)/) { $1.upcase }
+      else
+        lower_case_and_underscored_word.to_s[0].chr.downcase + camelize(lower_case_and_underscored_word)[1..-1]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Makes an underscored, lowercase form from the expression in the string.
+    #
+    # Changes '::' to '/' to convert namespaces to paths.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "ActiveRecord".underscore         # => "active_record"
+    #   "ActiveRecord::Errors".underscore # => active_record/errors
+    #
+    # As a rule of thumb you can think of +underscore+ as the inverse of +camelize+,
+    # though there are cases where that does not hold:
+    #
+    #   "SSLError".underscore.camelize # => "SslError"
+    def underscore(camel_cased_word)
+      word = camel_cased_word.to_s.dup
+      word.gsub!(/::/, '/')
+      word.gsub!(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/,'\1_\2')
+      word.gsub!(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/,'\1_\2')
+      word.tr!("-", "_")
+      word.downcase!
+      word
+    end
+
+    # Replaces underscores with dashes in the string.
+    #
+    # Example:
+    #   "puni_puni" # => "puni-puni"
+    def dasherize(underscored_word)
+      underscored_word.gsub(/_/, '-')
+    end
+
+    # Removes the module part from the expression in the string.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "ActiveRecord::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections".demodulize # => "Inflections"
+    #   "Inflections".demodulize                                       # => "Inflections"
+    def demodulize(class_name_in_module)
+      class_name_in_module.to_s.gsub(/^.*::/, '')
+    end
+
+    # Creates a foreign key name from a class name.
+    # +separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore+ sets whether
+    # the method should put '_' between the name and 'id'.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   "Message".foreign_key        # => "message_id"
+    #   "Message".foreign_key(false) # => "messageid"
+    #   "Admin::Post".foreign_key    # => "post_id"
+    def foreign_key(class_name, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)
+      underscore(demodulize(class_name)) + (separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore ? "_id" : "id")
+    end
+
+    # Ruby 1.9 introduces an inherit argument for Module#const_get and
+    # #const_defined? and changes their default behavior.
+    if Module.method(:const_get).arity == 1
+      # Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string:
+      #
+      #   "Module".constantize     # => Module
+      #   "Test::Unit".constantize # => Test::Unit
+      #
+      # The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter whether
+      # it starts with "::" or not. No lexical context is taken into account:
+      #
+      #   C = 'outside'
+      #   module M
+      #     C = 'inside'
+      #     C               # => 'inside'
+      #     "C".constantize # => 'outside', same as ::C
+      #   end
+      #
+      # NameError is raised when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant is
+      # unknown.
+      def constantize(camel_cased_word)
+        names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
+        names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?
+
+        constant = Object
+        names.each do |name|
+          constant = constant.const_defined?(name) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
+        end
+        constant
+      end
+    else
+      def constantize(camel_cased_word) #:nodoc:
+        names = camel_cased_word.split('::')
+        names.shift if names.empty? || names.first.empty?
+
+        constant = Object
+        names.each do |name|
+          constant = constant.const_defined?(name, false) ? constant.const_get(name) : constant.const_missing(name)
+        end
+        constant
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Turns a number into an ordinal string used to denote the position in an
+    # ordered sequence such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #   ordinalize(1)     # => "1st"
+    #   ordinalize(2)     # => "2nd"
+    #   ordinalize(1002)  # => "1002nd"
+    #   ordinalize(1003)  # => "1003rd"
+    def ordinalize(number)
+      if (11..13).include?(number.to_i % 100)
+        "#{number}th"
+      else
+        case number.to_i % 10
+          when 1; "#{number}st"
+          when 2; "#{number}nd"
+          when 3; "#{number}rd"
+          else    "#{number}th"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/dm-core/support/lazy_array.rb

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+class LazyArray  # borrowed partially from StrokeDB
+  include Enumerable
+
+  attr_reader :head, :tail
+
+  def first(*args)
+    if lazy_possible?(@head, *args)
+      @head.first(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.first(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def last(*args)
+    if lazy_possible?(@tail, *args)
+      @tail.last(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.last(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def at(index)
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + 1)
+      @head.at(index)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs)
+      @tail.at(index)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.at(index)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def fetch(*args, &block)
+    index = args.first
+
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + 1)
+      @head.fetch(*args, &block)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs)
+      @tail.fetch(*args, &block)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.fetch(*args, &block)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def values_at(*args)
+    accumulator = []
+
+    lazy_possible = args.all? do |arg|
+      index, length = extract_slice_arguments(arg)
+
+      if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + length)
+        accumulator.concat(head.values_at(*arg))
+      elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs)
+        accumulator.concat(tail.values_at(*arg))
+      end
+    end
+
+    if lazy_possible
+      accumulator
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.values_at(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def index(entry)
+    (lazy_possible?(@head) && @head.index(entry)) || begin
+      lazy_load
+      @array.index(entry)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def include?(entry)
+    (lazy_possible?(@tail) && @tail.include?(entry)) ||
+    (lazy_possible?(@head) && @head.include?(entry)) || begin
+      lazy_load
+      @array.include?(entry)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def empty?
+    (@tail.nil? || @tail.empty?) &&
+    (@head.nil? || @head.empty?) && begin
+      lazy_load
+      @array.empty?
+    end
+  end
+
+  def any?(&block)
+    (lazy_possible?(@tail) && @tail.any?(&block)) ||
+    (lazy_possible?(@head) && @head.any?(&block)) || begin
+      lazy_load
+      @array.any?(&block)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def [](*args)
+    index, length = extract_slice_arguments(*args)
+
+    if length == 1 && args.size == 1 && args.first.kind_of?(Integer)
+      return at(index)
+    end
+
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + length)
+      @head[*args]
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs - 1 + length)
+      @tail[*args]
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array[*args]
+    end
+  end
+
+  alias_method :slice, :[]
+
+  def slice!(*args)
+    index, length = extract_slice_arguments(*args)
+
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + length)
+      @head.slice!(*args)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs - 1 + length)
+      @tail.slice!(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.slice!(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def []=(*args)
+    index, length = extract_slice_arguments(*args[0..-2])
+
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + length)
+      @head.[]=(*args)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs - 1 + length)
+      @tail.[]=(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.[]=(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  alias_method :splice, :[]=
+
+  def reverse
+    dup.reverse!
+  end
+
+  def reverse!
+    # reverse without kicking if possible
+    if loaded?
+      @array = @array.reverse
+    else
+      @head, @tail = @tail.reverse, @head.reverse
+
+      proc = @load_with_proc
+
+      @load_with_proc = lambda do |v|
+        proc.call(v)
+        v.instance_variable_get(:@array).reverse!
+      end
+    end
+
+    self
+  end
+
+  def <<(entry)
+    if loaded?
+      lazy_load
+      @array << entry
+    else
+      @tail << entry
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def concat(other)
+    if loaded?
+      lazy_load
+      @array.concat(other)
+    else
+      @tail.concat(other)
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def push(*entries)
+    if loaded?
+      lazy_load
+      @array.push(*entries)
+    else
+      @tail.push(*entries)
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def unshift(*entries)
+    if loaded?
+      lazy_load
+      @array.unshift(*entries)
+    else
+      @head.unshift(*entries)
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def insert(index, *entries)
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index)
+      @head.insert(index, *entries)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs - 1)
+      @tail.insert(index, *entries)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.insert(index, *entries)
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def pop(*args)
+    if lazy_possible?(@tail, *args)
+      @tail.pop(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.pop(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def shift(*args)
+    if lazy_possible?(@head, *args)
+      @head.shift(*args)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.shift(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def delete_at(index)
+    if index >= 0 && lazy_possible?(@head, index + 1)
+      @head.delete_at(index)
+    elsif index < 0 && lazy_possible?(@tail, index.abs)
+      @tail.delete_at(index)
+    else
+      lazy_load
+      @array.delete_at(index)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def delete_if(&block)
+    if loaded?
+      lazy_load
+      @array.delete_if(&block)
+    else
+      @reapers << block
+      @head.delete_if(&block)
+      @tail.delete_if(&block)
+    end
+    self
+  end
+
+  def replace(other)
+    mark_loaded
+    @array.replace(other)
+    self
+  end
+
+  def clear
+    mark_loaded
+    @array.clear
+    self
+  end
+
+  def to_a
+    lazy_load
+    @array.to_a
+  end
+
+  alias_method :to_ary, :to_a
+
+  def load_with(&block)
+    @load_with_proc = block
+    self
+  end
+
+  def loaded?
+    @loaded == true
+  end
+
+  def kind_of?(klass)
+    super || @array.kind_of?(klass)
+  end
+
+  alias_method :is_a?, :kind_of?
+
+  def respond_to?(method, include_private = false)
+    super || @array.respond_to?(method)
+  end
+
+  def freeze
+    if loaded?
+      @array.freeze
+    else
+      @head.freeze
+      @tail.freeze
+    end
+    @frozen = true
+    self
+  end
+
+  def frozen?
+    @frozen == true
+  end
+
+  def ==(other)
+    if equal?(other)
+      return true
+    end
+
+    unless other.respond_to?(:to_ary)
+      return false
+    end
+
+    # if necessary, convert to something that can be compared
+    other = other.to_ary unless other.respond_to?(:[])
+
+    cmp?(other, :==)
+  end
+
+  def eql?(other)
+    if equal?(other)
+      return true
+    end
+
+    unless other.class.equal?(self.class)
+      return false
+    end
+
+    cmp?(other, :eql?)
+  end
+
+  def lazy_possible?(list, need_length = 1)
+    !loaded? && need_length <= list.size
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def initialize
+    @frozen         = false
+    @loaded         = false
+    @load_with_proc = lambda { |v| v }
+    @head           = []
+    @tail           = []
+    @array          = []
+    @reapers        = []
+  end
+
+  def initialize_copy(original)
+    @head  = DataMapper::Ext.try_dup(@head)
+    @tail  = DataMapper::Ext.try_dup(@tail)
+    @array = DataMapper::Ext.try_dup(@array)
+  end
+
+  def lazy_load
+    return if loaded?
+    mark_loaded
+    @load_with_proc[self]
+    @array.unshift(*@head)
+    @array.concat(@tail)
+    @head = @tail = nil
+    @reapers.each { |r| @array.delete_if(&r) } if @reapers
+    @array.freeze if frozen?
+  end
+
+  def mark_loaded
+    @loaded = true
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # Extract arguments for #slice an #slice! and return index and length
+  #
+  # @param [Integer, Array(Integer), Range] *args the index,
+  #   index and length, or range indicating first and last position
+  #
+  # @return [Integer] the index
+  # @return [Integer,NilClass] the length, if any
+  #
+  # @api private
+  def extract_slice_arguments(*args)
+    first_arg, second_arg = args
+
+    if args.size == 2 && first_arg.kind_of?(Integer) && second_arg.kind_of?(Integer)
+      return first_arg, second_arg
+    elsif args.size == 1
+      if first_arg.kind_of?(Integer)
+        return first_arg, 1
+      elsif first_arg.kind_of?(Range)
+        index = first_arg.first
+        length  = first_arg.last - index
+        length += 1 unless first_arg.exclude_end?
+        return index, length
+      end
+    end
+
+    raise ArgumentError, "arguments may be 1 or 2 Integers, or 1 Range object, was: #{args.inspect}", caller(1)
+  end
+
+  def each
+    lazy_load
+    if block_given?
+      @array.each { |entry| yield entry }
+      self
+    else
+      @array.each
+    end
+  end
+
+  # delegate any not-explicitly-handled methods to @array, if possible.
+  # this is handy for handling methods mixed-into Array like group_by
+  def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+    if @array.respond_to?(method)
+      lazy_load
+      results = @array.send(method, *args, &block)
+      results.equal?(@array) ? self : results
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+
+  def cmp?(other, operator)
+    unless loaded?
+      # compare the head against the beginning of other.  start at index
+      # 0 and incrementally compare each entry. if other is a LazyArray
+      # this has a lesser likelyhood of triggering a lazy load
+      0.upto(@head.size - 1) do |i|
+        return false unless @head[i].__send__(operator, other[i])
+      end
+
+      # compare the tail against the end of other.  start at index
+      # -1 and decrementally compare each entry. if other is a LazyArray
+      # this has a lesser likelyhood of triggering a lazy load
+      -1.downto(@tail.size * -1) do |i|
+        return false unless @tail[i].__send__(operator, other[i])
+      end
+
+      lazy_load
+    end
+
+    @array.send(operator, other.to_ary)
+  end
+end