storable.rb in stella-0.5.4

- old
+ new

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 
+# TODO: Handle nested hashes and arrays. 
 
 module Stella
   class Storable
-    
+    NICE_TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d@%H:%M:%S".freeze unless defined? NICE_TIME_FORMAT
+      
     SupportedFormats= {
       'yaml'  => 'yml',     # format name => file extension
       'yml'   => 'yml',
       'csv'   => 'csv',
       'tsv'   => 'tsv',
@@ -94,10 +96,10 @@
     def self.from_csv(from=[])
       self.from_delimited(from, ',')
     end
     
     def self.from_hash(from={})
-      return if from.empty?
+      return if !from || from.empty?
       me = self.new
       fnames = me.to_hash.keys
       fnames.each do |key|
         # NOTE: this will skip generated values b/c they don't have a setter method
         me.send("#{key}=", from[key]) if self.method_defined?("#{key}=")  
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