Reverted the changes I made as everything I had done is in the code base now.

cqlengine/__init__.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from cassandra import ConsistencyLevel
 
 from cqlengine.columns import *
 from cqlengine.functions import *
-from cqlengine.models import Model, CounterModel
+from cqlengine.models import Model
 from cqlengine.query import BatchQuery
 
 

cqlengine/columns.py

@@ -473,11 +473,15 @@ class Float(Column):
 class Decimal(Column):
     db_type = 'decimal'
 
-class Counter(Column):
-    #TODO: counter field
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-        super(Counter, self).__init__(**kwargs)
-        raise NotImplementedError
+    def validate(self, value):
+        from decimal import Decimal as _Decimal
+        from decimal import InvalidOperation
+        val = super(Decimal, self).validate(value)
+        if val is None: return
+        try:
+            return _Decimal(val)
+        except InvalidOperation:
+            raise ValidationError("'{}' can't be coerced to decimal".format(val))
 
     def to_python(self, value):
         return self.validate(value)

cqlengine/functions.py

@@ -116,18 +116,3 @@ class Token(BaseQueryFunction):
         for i, (col, val) in enumerate(zip(self._columns, self.value)):
             ctx[str(self.context_id + i)] = col.to_database(val)
 
-
-class NotSet(object):
-    """
-    Different from None, so you know when it just wasn't set compared to passing in None
-    """
-    pass
-
-
-def format_timestamp(timestamp):
-    if isinstance(timestamp, datetime):
-        epoch = datetime(1970, 1, 1)
-        ts = long((timestamp - epoch).total_seconds() * 1000)
-    else :
-        ts = long(timestamp)
-    return ts

cqlengine/models.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from cqlengine.query import ModelQuerySet, DMLQuery, AbstractQueryableColumn
 from cqlengine.query import DoesNotExist as _DoesNotExist
 from cqlengine.query import MultipleObjectsReturned as _MultipleObjectsReturned
 
-
 class ModelDefinitionException(ModelException): pass
 
 
@@ -279,6 +278,9 @@ class BaseModel(object):
 
     def __init__(self, **values):
         self._values = {}
+        self._ttl = None
+        self._timestamp = None
+
         for name, column in self._columns.items():
             value =  values.get(name, None)
             if value is not None or isinstance(column, columns.BaseContainerColumn):
@@ -772,15 +774,3 @@ class Model(BaseModel):
     __metaclass__ = ModelMetaClass
 
 
-class CounterBaseModel(BaseModel):
-    def _can_update(self):
-        # INSERT is not allowed for counter column families
-        return True
-
-
-class CounterModel(CounterBaseModel):
-    """
-    the db name for the column family can be set as the attribute db_name, or
-    it will be genertaed from the class name
-    """
-    __metaclass__ = ModelMetaClass