I don't know which came first or what the original source is, but your patterns look very similar to the ones mongoose uses (https://github.com/LearnBoost/mongoose/blob/master/lib/utils.js). Maybe all of the rules can be consolidated (with proper attribution, of course).
I don't know which came first or what the original source is, but your patterns look very similar to the ones mongoose uses (https://github.com/LearnBoost/mongoose/blob/master/lib/utils.js). Maybe all of the rules can be consolidated (with proper attribution, of course).