From 9572fb5782d4fc53425eab33f2790ea5ba79a6fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrei Merlescu <andrei+github@merlescu.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:06:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added NewFlesh() and updated validateAll to include
 non-pointers as initial values when using RuleNoFlags

---
 VERSION       |  2 +-
 flesh.go      |  4 ++++
 flesh_test.go |  8 ++++++++
 validators.go | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8a5b818..c2f6de9 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.0.4
+v2.0.5
diff --git a/flesh.go b/flesh.go
index c50de02..7d35c64 100644
--- a/flesh.go
+++ b/flesh.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+func NewFlesh(thing interface{}) Flesh {
+	return &figFlesh{Flesh: thing}
+}
+
 func (flesh *figFlesh) ToString() string {
 	f, _ := toString(flesh.Flesh)
 	return f
diff --git a/flesh_test.go b/flesh_test.go
index b39c052..9643ee5 100644
--- a/flesh_test.go
+++ b/flesh_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+func TestNewFlesh(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.NotNil(t, NewFlesh(t.Name()))
+	assert.Equal(t, t.Name(), NewFlesh(t.Name()).ToString())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, NewFlesh(t.Name()).ToInt())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, NewFlesh(t.Name()).ToMap())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{t.Name()}, NewFlesh(t.Name()).ToList())
+}
+
 func TestFleshInterface(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Is", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run("Map", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/validators.go b/validators.go
index 42dcf49..7fcc8a8 100644
--- a/validators.go
+++ b/validators.go
@@ -65,20 +65,36 @@ func (tree *figTree) validateAll() error {
 			if fruit != nil && validator != nil {
 				var val interface{}
 				switch v := fruit.Flesh.Flesh.(type) {
+				case int:
+					val = v
 				case *int:
 					val = *v
+				case int64:
+					val = v
 				case *int64:
 					val = *v
+				case float64:
+					val = v
 				case *float64:
 					val = *v
+				case string:
+					val = v
 				case *string:
 					val = *v
+				case bool:
+					val = v
 				case *bool:
 					val = *v
+				case time.Duration:
+					val = v
 				case *time.Duration:
 					val = *v
+				case ListFlag:
+					val = v.values
 				case *ListFlag:
 					val = *v.values
+				case MapFlag:
+					val = v.values
 				case *MapFlag:
 					val = *v.values
 				}