gist:746997

## gistfile1.io
# Code to interpret javascript style hashes, without having to source them from
# a different file (as happens when you use the operator table. The key
# does not have to be surrounded in quotes.
#
#   {key: "my value}

# Resolver is a proxy object needed to figure out the key of a pair.
Resolver := Object clone
Resolver resolve := method(
  # Jiggery-pokery to extract name and value from the message without eval-ing it

  # Eval the message in the context of the sender just once, since the message
  # will be a variable pointing at the code we actually want, such as "a
  # : 1". This resultant Message is not eval'ed yet.
  name := call sender doMessage(call message arguments at(0))

  # This will include the : message as the first thing, but that is skipped
  # by the definition of : on Resolved
  value := name next

  # Just take the first token for name (setNext with no arg sets it to nil)
  name setNext

  Map clone atPut(
    doMessage(name) asString, # Eval the name, unquoted messages will fall through to #forward below
    doMessage(value)          # Eval the value, will fall through to #: below
  )
)

# Pass over the : method silently by simply calling the next message in
# the chain (the value).
Resolver : := method(
  # Don't execute value in the context of the resolver, we don't want method
  # missing behaviour.
  Object (call message next)
)

# Support string keys without surrounding "" by returning the name of the
# method. Defined variables of actual Strings/Numbers will not trigger this
# method, and will evaluate to themselves.
Resolver forward := method(
  call message name
)

curlyBrackets := method(
  m := Map clone
  call message arguments foreach(x,
    m mergeInPlace(Resolver resolve(x))
  )
  m
)

# Adapted from http://c2.com/~ward/io/IoGame/iogame.io
assert := method (
  actual := self clone doMessage (call message argAt(0))
  expected := call sender doMessage (call message argAt(1))
  if (expected != actual,
    writeln (
      self type .. ": ",
      call message argAt(0) code,
      " ==> ", actual, " not ", expected
    )
    Exception raise ("Assert Failed", self type .. ": " .. call message argAt(0) code)
  )
)

assertRaise := method (
  if(try( self clone doMessage(call message argAt(0))) not,
    Exception raise("Assert Failed", self type .. ": " .. call message argAt(0) code)
  )
)

d := 4
{a: 1, b: 1+1, "c": "3", "d": d, "e": {a: 6}} do(
  assert(at("a"), 1)
  assert(at("b"), 2)
  assert(at("c"), "3")
  assert(at("d"), 4)
  assert(at("e") at("a"), 6)
)
assertRaise({"a": a})