gistfile1.rb

class VideoUpload
  
  def self.new(*posargs_or_options)
    if posargs_or_options.length > 1 # use old-style positional args
      YouTubeG.logger.error "Positional arguments for VideoUpload.new are deprecated"
      new(translate_posargs(posargs_or_options)
    else
      super(any_args.first || {}) # use the kwargs, super is just vanilla constructor
    end
  end
  
  private
    def self.translate_posargs(user, pass, dev_key, client_id = 'youtube_g')
      { :user => user, :password => pass, :dev_key => dev_key, :client_id => client_id }
    end
end