raise on nested new objects instead of silently just not saving them …

…since REST api doesn't support it, circular saves are impossible

lib/parse/util.rb

@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ def Parse.parse_datatype(obj)
 
   def Parse.pointerize_value(obj)
     if obj.kind_of?(Parse::Object)
-      obj.pointer
+      p = obj.pointer
+      raise ArgumentError.new("new object used in context requiring pointer #{obj}") unless p
+      p
     elsif obj.is_a?(Array)
       obj.map do |v|
         Parse.pointerize_value(v)

test/test_object.rb

@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ def test_nils_delete_keys
     end
   end
 
+  def test_saving_nested_objects
+    VCR.use_cassette('test_saving_nested_objects', :record => :new_episodes) do
+      post = Parse::Object.new "Post"
+      post["comment"] = Parse::Object.new("Comment", "text" => "testing")
+      assert_raise{post.save}
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_boolean_values_as_json
     post = Parse::Object.new "Post"
     post["read"] = false
@@ -269,17 +277,4 @@ def test_save_with_sub_objects
       assert_equal 'baz', bar['baz']
     end
   end
-
-  def test_circular_save
-    VCR.use_cassette('test_circular_save', :record => :new_episodes) do
-      bar = Parse::Object.new("CircularBar", "text" => "bar")
-      bar_2 = Parse::Object.new("CircularBar", "bar" => bar, "text" => "bar_2")
-      bar_2.save
-      bar['bar'] = bar_2
-      assert bar.save
-
-      assert_equal "bar_2", bar["bar"]["text"]
-      assert_equal "bar", bar["bar"]["bar"]["text"]
-    end
-  end
 end