Merge pull request #245 from waldyr/feature/new-hash-syntax

New hash syntax option

README.md

@@ -33,14 +33,15 @@ ap object, options = {}
 Default options:
 
 ```ruby
-:indent     => 4,      # Indent using 4 spaces.
-:index      => true,   # Display array indices.
-:html       => false,  # Use ANSI color codes rather than HTML.
-:multiline  => true,   # Display in multiple lines.
-:plain      => false,  # Use colors.
-:raw        => false,  # Do not recursively format object instance variables.
-:sort_keys  => false,  # Do not sort hash keys.
-:limit      => false,  # Limit large output for arrays and hashes. Set to a boolean or integer.
+:indent          => 4,      # Indent using 4 spaces.
+:index           => true,   # Display array indices.
+:html            => false,  # Use ANSI color codes rather than HTML.
+:multiline       => true,   # Display in multiple lines.
+:plain           => false,  # Use colors.
+:raw             => false,  # Do not recursively format object instance variables.
+:sort_keys       => false,  # Do not sort hash keys.
+:limit           => false,  # Limit large output for arrays and hashes. Set to a boolean or integer.
+:new_hash_syntax => false,  # Use the JSON like syntax { foo: 'bar' }, when the key is a symbol
 :color => {
   :args       => :pale,
   :array      => :white,

lib/awesome_print/formatters/hash_formatter.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ module AwesomePrint
 
         data = data.map do |key, value|
           indented do
-            align(key, width) << colorize(" => ", :hash) << inspector.awesome(value)
+            if options[:new_hash_syntax] && symbol?(key)
+              new_hash_syntax(key, value, width)
+            else
+              old_hash_syntax(key, value, width)
+            end
           end
         end
 
@@ -42,6 +46,19 @@ module AwesomePrint
 
       private
 
+      def symbol?(k)
+        k.first == ':'
+      end
+
+      def new_hash_syntax(k, v, width)
+        k[0] = ''
+        align(k, width - 1) << colorize(": ", :hash) << inspector.awesome(v)
+      end
+
+      def old_hash_syntax(k, v, width)
+        align(k, width) << colorize(" => ", :hash) << inspector.awesome(v)
+      end
+
       def plain_single_line
         plain, multiline = options[:plain], options[:multiline]
         options[:plain], options[:multiline] = true, false

lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb

@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ module AwesomePrint
 
     def initialize(options = {})
       @options = { 
-        :indent     => 4,      # Indent using 4 spaces.
-        :index      => true,   # Display array indices.
-        :html       => false,  # Use ANSI color codes rather than HTML.
-        :multiline  => true,   # Display in multiple lines.
-        :plain      => false,  # Use colors.
-        :raw        => false,  # Do not recursively format object instance variables.
-        :sort_keys  => false,  # Do not sort hash keys.
-        :limit      => false,  # Limit large output for arrays and hashes. Set to a boolean or integer.
+        :indent          => 4,      # Indent using 4 spaces.
+        :index           => true,   # Display array indices.
+        :html            => false,  # Use ANSI color codes rather than HTML.
+        :multiline       => true,   # Display in multiple lines.
+        :plain           => false,  # Use colors.
+        :raw             => false,  # Do not recursively format object instance variables.
+        :sort_keys       => false,  # Do not sort hash keys.
+        :limit           => false,  # Limit large output for arrays and hashes. Set to a boolean or integer.
+        :new_hash_syntax => false,  # Use the JSON like syntax { foo: 'bar' }, when the key is a symbol
         :color => { 
           :args       => :pale,
           :array      => :white,

spec/formats_spec.rb

@@ -275,6 +275,22 @@ EOS
 EOS
     end
 
+    it "new hash syntax" do
+      expect(@hash.ai(:plain => true, :new_hash_syntax => true)).to eq <<-EOS.strip
+{
+    1 => {
+        sym: {
+            "str" => {
+                [ 1, 2, 3 ] => {
+                    { k: :v } => Hash < Object
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+EOS
+    end
+
     it "plain multiline indented" do
       expect(@hash.ai(:plain => true, :indent => 1)).to eq <<-EOS.strip
 {
@@ -311,6 +327,22 @@ EOS
 EOS
     end
 
+    it "colored with new hash syntax" do
+      expect(@hash.ai(:new_hash_syntax => true)).to eq <<-EOS.strip
+{
+    1\e[0;37m => \e[0m{
+        sym\e[0;37m: \e[0m{
+            \"str\"\e[0;37m => \e[0m{
+                [ 1, 2, 3 ]\e[0;37m => \e[0m{
+                    { k: :v }\e[0;37m => \e[0m\e[1;33mHash < Object\e[0m
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+EOS
+    end
+
     it "colored multiline indented" do
       expect(@hash.ai(:indent => 2)).to eq <<-EOS.strip
 {