Using .set with dot or bracket notation destroying objects

I'm wondering/guessing that there is something that I'm doing wrong, but I currently cannot get Backbone-nested to correctly .set using dot or bracket notation. In fact, it only seems to work if I use JSON formatting data. (am using Backbone 1.0, btw)

UPDATE: Actually, using the master version backbone-nested I can't get any method to properly .set or .add. What I outline as working below only works with backbone-nested v1.12

    var schema = '{"pane_id":15,"title":"job boards","rows":{"0":{"dataHeight":50,"dataId":1,"CSSid":"pane-row-1","CSSclass":"pane-row show-grid row-height50","columns":{"0":{"dataId":1,"CSSclass":"row-height100 pane-column span","style":"width: 675px;","CSSid":"pane-column-1","formValues":{"inputUrl":"http://groups.drupal.org/jobs?group_nid=All&keys=&field_type_value_many_to_one=All&field_telecommute_value_many_to_one=1","inputSelector":"#content .view-content","requireLogin":false,"inputFormId":"","unameField":"","passField":"","inputUname":"","inputPassword":""},"pixelWidth":675,"percentWidth":46,"newWidth":673},"1":{"dataId":7,"CSSclass":"row-height100 pane-column span","style":"width: 789px;","CSSid":"pane-column-7","formValues":{"inputUrl":"http://jobsearch.monster.com/search/?q=drupal","inputSelector":"#primaryResults","requireLogin":false,"inputFormId":"","unameField":"","passField":"","inputUname":"","inputPassword":""},"pixelWidth":789,"percentWidth":54,"newWidth":791},"length":2}},"1":{"dataHeight":50,"dataId":6,"CSSid":"pane-row-6","CSSclass":"pane-row show-grid row-height50","columns":{"0":{"dataId":6,"CSSclass":"row-height100 pane-column span","style":"width: 673px;","CSSid":"pane-column-6","formValues":{"inputUrl":"http://hackerlab.jobboard.io/","inputSelector":".job-listings","requireLogin":false,"inputFormId":"","unameField":"","passField":"","inputUname":"","inputPassword":""},"pixelWidth":673,"percentWidth":46,"newWidth":673},"1":{"dataId":11,"CSSclass":"row-height100 pane-column span","style":"width: 791px;","CSSid":"pane-column-11","formValues":{"inputUrl":"http://www.engineerjobs.com/jobs/software-engineering/javascript/california/sacramento.php","inputSelector":"#jobs_table_s","requireLogin":false,"inputFormId":"","unameField":"","passField":"","inputUname":"","inputPassword":""},"pixelWidth":791,"percentWidth":54,"newWidth":791},"length":2}}}}';

    var nonJSON = $.parseJSON(schema);

    var singleLayout = new Backbone.NestedModel ({
    "jobboard" : nonJSON
  });

    // this works and does not destroy the object
    singleLayout.set({"jobboard.first" : "Bob"});

    // None of the four following attempts work. They all result in a destroyed object
    //singleLayout.set({'jobboard.rows[0].columns[0].smurf': 'zap'});
    //singleLayout.set({'jobboard.rows.0.columns.0.smurf': 'zap'});
    //singleLayout.add('jobboard.rows.0.columns.0', { "smurf" : 'zap'});

    // this is the only method I can get to work for deep nesting
    singleLayout.set({
        "jobboard": {
            "rows": {
                "0": {
                    "columns": {
                        "0": {"smurf": "Zap" }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    });

    console.dir(singleLayout);

Any suggestions/corrections appreciated. Thanks!

afeld / backbone-nested

Using .set with dot or bracket notation destroying objects #93