Fix subclassing attrs of attrs

autoregistry/_registry.py

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from .exceptions import (
     CannotDeriveNameError,
     CannotRegisterPythonBuiltInError,
-    InternalError,
     InvalidNameError,
     KeyCollisionError,
     ModuleAliasError,
@@ -26,7 +25,44 @@ def __init__(self, config: RegistryConfig, name: str = ""):
         self.name = name
 
         # These will be populated later
-        self.cls: Any = None
+        self._cls: Any = None
+
+    @property
+    def cls(self):
+        return self._cls
+
+    @cls.setter
+    def cls(self, new_cls: type):
+        if self._cls is not None:
+            self._rereference(self._cls, new_cls)
+        self._cls = new_cls
+
+    def _rereference(self, old_cls: type, new_cls: type) -> None:
+        """Recursively updates all registry references from ``old_cls`` to ``new_cls``."""
+        # TODO: this could be optimized by only recursively apply to recursive parents
+        # And not searching self at first _rereference iteration.
+        for k, v in self.items():
+            if v is old_cls:
+                self[k] = new_cls
+
+        for parent_registry in self.walk_parent_registries():
+            parent_registry._rereference(old_cls, new_cls)
+
+    def walk_parent_registries(self) -> Generator["_Registry", None, None]:
+        """Iterates over immediate parenting classes and returns their ``_Registry``."""
+        for parent_cls in self.cls.__bases__:
+            if parent_cls is Registry:
+                # Never register to the base Registry class.
+                # Unwanted cross-library interactions may occur, otherwise.
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                parent_registry = parent_cls.__registry__
+            except AttributeError:
+                # Not a Registry object
+                continue
+
+            yield parent_registry
 
     def register(
         self,
@@ -89,18 +125,7 @@ def register(
         #     1. This is the root ``__recursive__`` call.
         #     2. Both this.recursive is True, and parent.recursive is True.
         if (root or self.config.recursive) and self.cls is not None:
-            for parent_cls in self.cls.__bases__:
-                try:
-                    parent_registry = parent_cls.__registry__
-                except AttributeError:
-                    # Not a Registry object
-                    continue
-
-                if parent_cls is Registry:
-                    # Never register to the base Registry class.
-                    # Unwanted cross-library interactions may occur, otherwise.
-                    continue
-
+            for parent_registry in self.walk_parent_registries():
                 if root or parent_registry.config.recursive:
                     parent_registry.register(obj, name=name, aliases=aliases)
 
@@ -203,12 +228,15 @@ def __new__(
         # that hooks like __init_subclass__ have appropriately set registry attributes.
         # Each subclass gets its own registry.
 
-        # Copy the nearest parent config, then update it with new params.
-        # Some class construction libraries, like ``attrs``, will recreate a class.
-        # In these situations, the old-class will have it's attributes (like the __registry__
-        # object) passed in via the ``namespace``.
+        # Copy the nearest parent config
         if "__registry__" in namespace:
-            registry_config = namespace["__registry__"].config
+            # Some class construction libraries, like ``attrs``, will recreate a class.
+            # In these situations, the old-class will have it's attributes (like the __registry__
+            # object) passed in via the ``namespace``.
+            new_cls = super().__new__(cls, cls_name, bases, namespace)
+            new_cls.__registry__.cls = new_cls
+
+            return new_cls
         else:
             for parent_cls in bases:
                 try:

tests/test_attrs.py

@@ -35,3 +35,17 @@ class HorrorMovie(Movie):
         antagonist: str
 
     assert list(Media) == ["movie", "horror_movie"]
+    assert Media["movie"] is Movie
+    assert Media["horror_movie"] is HorrorMovie
+    assert Movie["horror_movie"] is HorrorMovie
+
+    horror_movie = Media["horror_movie"](
+        name="Nosferatu",
+        year=1922,
+        director="Murnau",
+        antagonist="Count Orlok",
+    )
+    assert (
+        str(horror_movie)
+        == "HorrorMovie(name='Nosferatu', year=1922, director='Murnau', antagonist='Count Orlok')"
+    )