Instantiating new objects with arguments

Instantiating new objects with arguments

[janlelis]

Hi troopswap, many thanks for your feedback.

I'll try to fix the issues within the next days.

[janlelis]

Hi troopswap,
the second issue is solved with this push. The default for :false_values is now the ar's one and there is a new :true_values array and :unknown_value option. The :unknown_value will be the new value for a boolean, if it is not in :false_values or :true_values. Default for unknown is true, you can change it to false for ar behaviour.

However, I haven't solved the first issue so far... Your suggestions are good and would lead to something like this:
def initialize(attributes = nil) # :nodoc:
super()
initialize_booleans
self.attributes = attributes unless attributes.nil?
yield self if block_given?
end

The only problem is, that the after_initialize callback wouldn't have access to the new attrs. It's probably time for some meta programming voodoo xD,

[janlelis]

Ok, should now work, thank you again :)

inialize code:
def initialize(attributes = nil) # :nodoc:

  if init_callback_defined = respond_to?(:after_initialize)
    instance_eval do
      alias tmp_after_initialize after_initialize
      undef after_initialize
    end
  end

  super()
  initialize_booleans
  self.attributes = attributes unless attributes.nil?
  result = yield self if block_given?

  if init_callback_defined
    instance_eval do
      alias after_initialize tmp_after_initialize
      undef tmp_after_initialize
      if RAILS2
        callback(:after_initialize)
      else
        _run_initialize_callbacks
      end
    end
  end

  result
end

This looks really nice, thanks for the prompt response also.
P.S it was me who posted under "troopswap" account before on accident :)