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The author described this change as “Fix top-level scalar captured by a table rendered from a dotted key (#550)”. It counts as a record because the check below fails on the code as it stood at 21a4942ed and passes on 495a42ecc, with nothing else changed between the two runs.

Projectpython-poetry/tomlkit

Fix saved2026-07-15

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Change size+24 −0

What the code was meant to do, written into the code itself as a save note

Fix top-level scalar captured by a table rendered from a dotted key (#550)

The change

161	161
162	162		if isinstance(v, (Table, AoT)) and k is not None and not k.is_dotted():
163	163		break
	164	+
	165	+	if (
	166	+	isinstance(v, Table)
	167	+	and k is not None
	168	+	and k.is_dotted()
	169	+	and self._renders_table_header(v)
	170	+	):
	171	+	# A dotted-key super table renders inline (`a.b = 1`) only as
	172	+	# long as none of its children render a `[table]` header; once
	173	+	# one does, anything appended after it would land inside that
	174	+	# table's scope.
	175	+	break
164	176		last_index = i
165	177		return last_index + 1
	178	+
	179	+	def _renders_table_header(self, table: Table) -> bool:
	180	+	for k, v in table.value.body:
	181	+	if isinstance(v, AoT):
	182	+	return True
	183	+	if isinstance(v, Table):
	184	+	if k is not None and k.is_dotted() and v.is_super_table():
	185	+	if self._renders_table_header(v):
	186	+	return True
	187	+	else:
	188	+	return True
	189	+	return False
166	190
167	191		def _validate_out_of_order_table(self, key: Key \| None = None) -> None:
168	192		if key is None:

The check that tells the two apart

fail→pass·tests/test_toml_document.py::test_scalar_is_not_captured_by_table_rendered_from_dotted_key

Check file tests/test_toml_document.py, taken without changes from the fix and copied onto the older code, so the exact same check runs against both versions.

Origin and history

The fix495a42ecc9119eaaeb895def0fd025a71cd1cf60

The code before it21a4942ed31e773061c9fc047d55b1bb3c637ee3

Broken version dated2026-07-14

Moduletomlkit.container

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Fingerprint5904f13989c6a788

Checked2026-08-18 by goldset/0.1

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The change

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