conflict on accessing dict methods/attributes

[yedpodtrzitko]

from addict import Dict
a = Dict()
a.items = 'foo'
for k,v in a.items():
    print k,v

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

[jxnl]

the __getitem__ needs to check if item is an attribute and not overwrite it.
I can look into this sometime tomorrow tonight if no one else does.

[mewwts]

Yes, @jxnl, that's a good idea!

[jxnl]

#14 seems to fix the issue. let me know about any style issues

[mewwts]

This is fixed by ec26acb. Thanks @jxnl and @yedpodtrzitko

[yedpodtrzitko]

Wait what? You consider this as resolved by raising an exception? That makes it totally unusable

Imagine the situation: I got a dictionary from a frontend and now everything explodes, because it contains items? What I am supposed to tell to the frontend guys? "You cant use items, keys, and a bunch of other stuff there, because one of our libraries doesn't support it, you dickheads!"

[mewwts]

Hey, @yedpodtrzitko. You can still insert and read keys with protected names, but you would have to do that by using the get/set item syntax.

>>> a = Dict()
>>> a['items'] = [1, 2, 3]
>>> a
{'items': [1, 2, 3]}
>>> a['items']
[1, 2, 3]

So relax. Nothing explodes.

[yedpodtrzitko]

oh... good

[mewwts]

Hope this works for you, @yedpodtrzitko 👍