storable 0.8.3 → 0.8.4

data/CHANGES.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ STORABLE, CHANGES
 * TODO: Handle nested hashes and arrays.                                 
 * TODO: to_xml, see: http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/xx/xx-2.0.0/README
 
+#### 0.8.4 (2010-12-23) #############################
+
+* CHANGE: Moved initialize logic to Storable.from_array. 
+ 
+  NOTE: Classes that rely on this logic when creating
+  new instances will need to call from_array instead!
+
 
 #### 0.8.3 (2010-11-02) #############################
 

data/lib/storable.rb

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Storable
   require 'proc_source'  
   require 'storable/orderedhash' if USE_ORDERED_HASH
   unless defined?(SUPPORTED_FORMATS) # We can assume all are defined
-    VERSION = "0.8.3"
+    VERSION = "0.8.4"
     NICE_TIME_FORMAT  = "%Y-%m-%d@%H:%M:%S".freeze 
     SUPPORTED_FORMATS = [:tsv, :csv, :yaml, :json, :s, :string].freeze 
   end
@@ -128,11 +128,7 @@ class Storable
   # +args+ is a list of values to set amongst the fields. 
   # It's assumed that the order values matches the order
   def initialize(*args)
-    (self.class.field_names || []).each_with_index do |n,index|
-      break if (index+1) > args.size
-      self.send("#{n}=", args[index])
-    end
-    preprocess if respond_to?(:preprocess)
+    preprocess if respond_to? :preprocess
   end
   
   # See SUPPORTED_FORMATS for available values
@@ -207,6 +203,17 @@ class Storable
     end
   end
   
+  def self.from_array(*from)
+    from = from.flatten.compact
+    return nil if !from || from.empty?
+    me = new
+    (self.field_names || []).each_with_index do |n,index|
+      break if index >= from.size
+      me.send("#{n}=", from[index])
+    end
+    me
+  end
+  
   def call(fname)
     unless field_types[fname.to_sym] == Proc &&
            Proc === self.send(fname)

data/storable.gemspec

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "storable"
   s.rubyforge_project = "storable"
-  s.version = "0.8.3"
+  s.version = "0.8.4"
   s.summary = "Storable: Marshal Ruby classes into and out of multiple formats (yaml, json, csv, tsv)"
   s.description = s.summary
   s.author = "Delano Mandelbaum"

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: storable
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 57
+  hash: 55
   prerelease: false
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 8
-  - 3
-  version: 0.8.3
+  - 4
+  version: 0.8.4
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Delano Mandelbaum
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2010-11-02 00:00:00 -04:00
+date: 2010-12-23 00:00:00 -05:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []