TableDisplay corrupts data in groovy

[altavir]

Conversation of map to TableDisplay corrupts map itself instead of creating a copy:

def b = ["a" : 2, "b" : 3, "c" : 4]
println(b)
println(b.a)

[a:2, b:3, c:4]
2

println(b)
println(b.a)

[type:TableDisplay, columnNames:[Key, Value], values:[[a, 2], [b, 3], [c, 4]], subtype:Dictionary]
null

[scottdraves]

thanks for the report but i am not able to reproduce, even if i remove the "def", which allows the 2nd cell to run. what am i missing?

[altavir]

Sorry, it seems to I forgot to restart the notebook and forgot that Groovy is copying links instead of values. The problem has something to do with autotranslation.
Try beakerx.b = ["a" : 2, "b" : 3, "c" : 4] and then beakerx.b in another cell. Second one is broken.

[altavir]

Correction even beakerx.a = a; beakerx.a is broken.

[scottdraves]

yes this is a deficiency, essentially values we get back from autotranslation are not converted to the right class, they are left in JSON. Here's another case of it: #7610
Your case demonstrates it more clearly, actually.