New version more cleaning

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+docs/build/
+

Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "FieldProperties"
 uuid = "127e4479-4c95-493a-afaa-609d38175b70"
 authors = ["zchristensen "]
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.4.0"
 
 [deps]
 Markdown = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"

src/abstractproperty.jl

@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@ abstract type AbstractProperty{name,T} <: Function end
 "NotProperty - Indicates the absence of a property."
 struct NotProperty <: AbstractProperty{:not_property,nothing} end
 const not_property = NotProperty()
-(::NotProperty)(x, s) = error("type $(typeof(x).name) does not have property $s")
-
-
-is_not_property(x) = x === not_property
 
 Base.show(io::IO, p::AbstractProperty) = _show_property(io, p)
 Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", p::AbstractProperty) = _show_property(io, p)
 
 _fxnname(p::AbstractProperty{name,setproperty!}) where {name} = Symbol(name, :!)
 _fxnname(p::AbstractProperty{name,getproperty}) where {name} = name
-_fxnname(p::AbstractProperty{name,nothing}) where {name} = name
 _fxnname(p::AbstractProperty{name,fxn}) where {name,fxn} = "$name($fxn)"
 
 function _show_property(io, p::AbstractProperty)
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ This is functionlly equivalent to `convert(proptype(p, x), v)`.
 """
 propconvert(p, x, v) = _propconvert(proptype(p, x), v)
 _propconvert(::Type{T}, v::V) where {T,V<:T} = v
-_propconvert(::Type{T}, v::V) where {T,V} = convert(T, v)
+_propconvert(::Type{T}, v::V) where {T,V} = T(v)
 
 """
     proptype(p, context) -> Type

test/metadata_tests.jl

@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ end
 
 description!(m, "foo")
 @test description(m) == "foo"
+
+description!(m, rand(UInt8, 8))
+@test isa(description(m), String)

test/runtests.jl

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ t = TestStruct(1,2,3,4)
 @test propertynames(t) == (:prop1,:prop2,:prop3,:prop4)
 
 
+FieldProperties._fxnname(FieldProperties.Description{values}()) == "description(values)"
+
+
 x = rand(4,4)
 @test @inferred(calmin(x)) == minimum(x)
 @test @inferred(calmax(x)) == maximum(x)