valuable 0.9.3 → 0.9.4

data/README.markdown

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Valuable enables quick modeling... it's attr_accessor on steroids.  Its simple i
 
 Valuable provides DRY decoration like attr_accessor, but includes default values and other formatting (like, "2" => 2), and a constructor that accepts an attributes hash. It provides a class-level list of attributes, an instance-level attributes hash, and more.
 
-Tested with "Rubinius":http://www.rubini.us, 1.8.7, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3
+Tested with [Rubinius](http://www.rubini.us "Rubinius"), 1.8.7, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3
 
 Frequent Uses
 -------------
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ _aliases_
       >> xp.name
       => "Windows XP"
 
-
 Formatting Input
 ----------------
 _aka light-weight type-casting_
@@ -217,6 +216,20 @@ Advanced Defaults
       >> seven.designation
       => '7 of 9'
 
+Note -- if you overwrite the constructor, you should call initialize_attributes. Otherwise, your default values won't be set up until the first time the attributes hash is called -- in theory, this could be well after initialization, and could cause unknowable gremlins. Trivial example:
+
+      class Person
+        has_value :created_at, :default => lambda { Time.now }
+
+        def initialize(atts)
+        end
+      end
+
+      >> p = Person.new 
+      >> # wait 10 minutes
+      >> p.created_at == Time.now  # attributes initialized on first use
+      => true
+
 Advanced Input Parsing
 ----------------------
 

data/lib/valuable.rb

@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@ class Valuable
   #   >> bus.attributes
   #   => {:color => 'yellow', :number => 16}
   def attributes
-    @attributes
-  end
-
-  def initialize_attributes
     @attributes ||= Valuable::Utils.initial_copy_of_attributes(self.class.defaults) 
   end
+  alias_method :initialize_attributes, :attributes
 
   # accepts an optional hash that will be used to populate the 
   # predefined attributes for this class.
+  #
+  # Note: You are free to overwrite the constructor, but you should call
+  # initialize_attributes OR make sure at least one value is stored.
   def initialize(atts = nil)
     initialize_attributes
     self.update_attributes(atts || {})

data/test/custom_initializer_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+$: << File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib')
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'valuable.rb'
+require 'mocha'
+
+class Person < Valuable
+  has_value :first_name
+  has_value :last_name
+
+  def initialize(atts={})
+    self.first_name = "Joe"
+    super(atts)
+  end
+end
+
+class ParseWithTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+ 
+  def test_that_attributes_are_accessible_in_custom_constructor
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      Person.new(:last_name => 'Smith')
+    end
+  end
+end
+

data/valuable.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.3
+0.9.4

metadata

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: valuable
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  hash: 61
+  hash: 51
   prerelease: 
   segments: 
   - 0
   - 9
-  - 3
-  version: 0.9.3
+  - 4
+  version: 0.9.4
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Johnathon Wright
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2012-02-25 00:00:00 -06:00
+date: 2012-04-10 00:00:00 -05:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []
 
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ files:
 - lib/valuable/utils.rb
 - test/alias_test.rb
 - test/bad_attributes_test.rb
+- test/custom_initializer_test.rb
 - test/default_values_from_anon_methods.rb
 - test/deprecated_test.rb
 - test/inheritance_test.rb