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table escapes its parent

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Description

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import tomlkit

doc = tomlkit.loads("""
[t]
a.b = 1
""")
doc["t"]["a"]["c"] = {}

output = tomlkit.dumps(doc)

print(output)

result

[t]
a.b = 1

[a.c]

in which [a.c] is not a child of t as it should be

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Research direction

Start by running the Python reproducer using tomlkit.loads and tomlkit.dumps, then trace how the parsed table and nested assignment are serialized. Done means the output places the generated [a.c] table under [t], rather than emitting [a.c] at the document root.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Quiet
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Mostly clear
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