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…ed. This test fails.
…structure. Furthermore, the custom AttrDict doesn't JSON serialize so an object built from JSON cannot be serialized back to JSON. **BREAKS BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY.** This is now a real Python dictionary and *no longer has attribute access* for the data. This could be added back, but it's un-pythonic and introduces complexity. UserDict retains the ability to access `data`. The `dict` property is gone.
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Custom classes don't serialize well and
AttrDictis no exception. TheUrlmodel built from JSON cannot be serialized back to JSON. This is a symptom of reimplementing a core language data structure.BREAKS BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
This PR introduces a failing test to demonstrate the problem. AttrDict is replaced with a native Python dictionary and this breaks backward compatibility - namely dictionaries should behave like dictionaries and so a)
Urlno longer has attribute access to the data members and b) nested dictionaries aren't coerced intoAttrDict.