Caching a box resuts in read error
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Description
I have a use case where I want to cache boxes and read them back again. Below is a MWE using `joblib` for caching but I also found it doesn't work Flask caching. I think some metadata is lost when caching the box, so the retrieved box somehow is not a box with `box_dots = True`.
## Code
```{python}
import box
print(box.__version__)
from box import Box
import joblib
print(joblib.__version__)
b2 = Box(
{
"l1": {
"time_range_selected_utc": {
"left": "2023-03-01 10:00:00",
"right": "2023-06-01 10:00:00",
}
}
},
box_dots=True,
conversion_box=False,
frozen_box=False,
)
print(b2.l1.time_range_selected_utc.left)
print(b2["l1.time_range_selected_utc.right"])
print(b2["l1.time_range_selected_utc.left"])
joblib.dump(b2, "boxdump.joblib")
b3 = joblib.load("boxdump.joblib")
print(b3.l1.time_range_selected_utc.left)
print(b3["l1.time_range_selected_utc.right"]) # this will fail
print(b3["l1.time_range_selected_utc.left"])
```
## Output
```
7.1.1
1.3.2
2023-03-01 10:00:00
2023-06-01 10:00:00
2023-03-01 10:00:00
2023-03-01 10:00:00
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError Traceback (most recent call last)
File [~/opt/miniconda3/envs/om3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/box/box.py:592](https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/sriki/Documents/cpnet/OmegaMuller/~/opt/miniconda3/envs/om3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/box/box.py:592), in box.box.Box.__getitem__()
KeyError: 'l1.time_range_selected_utc.right'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
KeyError Traceback (most recent call last)
File [~/opt/miniconda3/envs/om3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/box/box.py:592](https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/Users/sriki/Documents/cpnet/OmegaMuller/~/opt/miniconda3/envs/om3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/box/box.py:592), in box.box.Box.__getitem__()
KeyError: 'time_range_selected_utc.right'
...
```
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