Properly support symbol keys in table hashes

[dmorgan3405]

I would like to reopen the discussion around #313

To solve the issue, I have been using a monkey patch for some time, and wrapped it up in a gem (cucumber-symbolic-hashes)

class Cucumber::Ast::Table

  def symbolic_hashes
    @header_conversion_proc = lambda {|h| symbolize_key(h)}
    @symbolic_hashes ||= build_hashes
  end

  private

  def symbolize_key(key)
    key.downcase.gsub(' ','_').to_sym
  end

end

I know there was a solution discussed in #313 around a hash factory, and that may be a better solution to move forward with. Or possibly there are better options.

I would love to see this ability added to cucumber, as when working in the test data arrangement world it allows me to use factory girl more effectively without having to handling the conversion elsewhere.

If anyone else is interested in seeing a solution added for this I would love discuss it.

[mattwynne]

@dmorgan3405 thanks for taking an interest. If you can put together a pull request with your solution and specs from http://github.com/dmorgan3405/cucumber-symbolic-hashes I'll be happy to merge it in. The hash factory idea was a lovely idea, but working code is much more valuable than nice ideas :)

[dmorgan3405]

Let me know if any revision is needed!

[lock]

This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.