From a994023e5fd8bde2f621b4ef42ced557bda26875 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joamag <joamag@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:14:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] new initial keyword support for quorum

---
 src/quorum/model.py | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/quorum/model.py b/src/quorum/model.py
index 7eef0b73..ae496012 100644
--- a/src/quorum/model.py
+++ b/src/quorum/model.py
@@ -635,10 +635,14 @@ def fill(cls, model = None):
             if name in ("_id",): continue
             increment = _definition.get("increment", False)
             if increment: continue
-            _type = _definition.get("type")
-            default = TYPE_DEFAULTS.get(_type, None)
-            default = _type._default() if hasattr(_type, "_default") else default
-            model[name] = default
+            if "initial" in _definition:
+                initial = _definition["initial"]
+                model[name] = initial
+            else:
+                _type = _definition.get("type")
+                default = TYPE_DEFAULTS.get(_type, None)
+                default = _type._default() if hasattr(_type, "_default") else default
+                model[name] = default
 
         return model