self can't be used as a key

[grundic]

Dict(self='this')
>>> TypeError: __init__() got multiple values for keyword argument 'self'

That's because init method is present and has self parameter.

There are several ways to overcome this issue:

1. rename self parameter in init method to some unique string/guid. Here how it could look like:

    def __init__(_8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_, *args, **kwargs):
        object.__setattr__(_8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_, '__parent', kwargs.pop('__parent', None))
        object.__setattr__(_8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_, '__key', kwargs.pop('__key', None))
        for arg in args:
            if not arg:
                continue
            elif isinstance(arg, dict):
                for key, val in arg.items():
                    _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_[key] = _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_._hook(val)
            elif isinstance(arg, tuple) and (not isinstance(arg[0], tuple)):
                _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_[arg[0]] = _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_._hook(arg[1])
            else:
                for key, val in iter(arg):
                    _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_[key] = _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_._hook(val)

        for key, val in kwargs.items():
            _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_[key] = _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_._hook(val)

Though, it's still impossible to use key with _8629116b_4d94_42d9_bee1_d8374f6938a7_ name :)
2. create factory method, which will protect field names and the unprotect them. Here is an example.

Not sure whether you are interested in fixing it, but I thought you would be interested in it.

[mewwts]

Thanks for reaching out!
There's actually two other field names which are problematic; __parent and __key which are used other places in the code. For now I think doing __self instead of self should limit the impact of this?

[grundic]

Hi @mewwts,
Yep, __self should be less possible option for some JSON API, where self is actually part of it :)

[mewwts]

Right, thanks. In any case keep in mind that you can use self as a key, just not as a kwarg.