Add add a failing state to the dash spec

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/hashie/dash.rb b/lib/hashie/dash.rb
index 9932ad0..861c4ad 100644
--- a/lib/hashie/dash.rb
+++ b/lib/hashie/dash.rb
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module Hashie
       super(&block)
 
       self.class.defaults.each_pair do |prop, value|
-        self.send("#{prop}=", value)
+        self[prop] = value
       end
 
       attributes.each_pair do |att, value|
diff --git a/spec/hashie/dash_spec.rb b/spec/hashie/dash_spec.rb
index 577bd65..f7412e6 100644
--- a/spec/hashie/dash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/hashie/dash_spec.rb
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ describe Hashie::Dash, 'inheritance' do
     @bottom.properties.to_a.should == [:echo]
     @bottom.new.echo.should be_nil
   end
+
+  it 'should allow nil defaults' do
+    @bottom.property :echo, :default => nil
+    @bottom.new.should have_key('echo')
+  end
+
 end
 
 describe Subclassed do