NamedTuple constructor support for FieldArray subtypes (#1246)

* NamedTuple constructor support for FieldArray subtypes

* Remove 64 bit integer assumption from FieldVector tests

Co-authored-by: Mateusz Baran <mateuszbaran89@gmail.com>

* Bumps patch version; adds Base.convert test

* Removing Base.convert method

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Co-authored-by: Mateusz Baran <mateuszbaran89@gmail.com>

Author: cadojo

src/FieldArray.jl

@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ similar_type(::Type{A}, ::Type{T}, S::Size) where {N, T, A<:FieldArray{N, T}} =
 _fieldarray_similar_type(A, T, NewSize::S, OldSize::S) where {S} = A
 _fieldarray_similar_type(A, T, NewSize, OldSize) =
     default_similar_type(T, NewSize, length_val(NewSize))
+
+# Convenience constructors for NamedTuple types 
+Base.NamedTuple(array::FieldArray) = Base.NamedTuple{propertynames(array)}(array)

test/FieldMatrix.jl

@@ -109,4 +109,15 @@
         @test length(x[1]) == 2
         @test x.x == (1, 2)
     end
+
+    @testset "FieldMatrix to NamedTuple" begin
+        struct FieldMatrixNT{T} <: FieldMatrix{2,2,T}
+            a::T
+            b::T
+            c::T
+            d::T
+        end
+
+        @test NamedTuple(FieldMatrixNT(1,2,3,4)) isa @NamedTuple{a::Int, b::Int, c::Int, d::Int}
+    end
 end

test/FieldVector.jl

@@ -140,4 +140,14 @@
         end
         @test_throws ErrorException("The constructor for Position1088{Float64}(::Float64, ::Float64, ::Float64) is missing!") Position1088((1.,2.,3.))
     end
+
+    @testset "FieldVector to NamedTuple" begin
+        struct FieldVectorNT{T} <: FieldVector{3,T}
+            a::T
+            b::T
+            c::T
+        end
+
+        @test NamedTuple(FieldVectorNT(1,2,3)) isa @NamedTuple{a::Int, b::Int, c::Int}
+    end
 end