Added more setters for fields edited during completion post-processing.

Author: kmvanbrunt

cmd2/argparse_completer.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 """
 
 import argparse
-import dataclasses
 import inspect
 from collections import deque
 from collections.abc import (
@@ -493,10 +492,7 @@ def _handle_last_token(
             if completions:
                 if not completions.hint:
                     # Add a hint even though there are results in case Cmd.always_show_hint is True.
-                    completions = dataclasses.replace(
-                        completions,
-                        hint=_build_hint(self._parser, flag_arg_state.action),
-                    )
+                    completions._set_hint(_build_hint(self._parser, flag_arg_state.action))
 
                 return completions
 
@@ -521,10 +517,7 @@ def _handle_last_token(
             if completions:
                 if not completions.hint:
                     # Add a hint even though there are results in case Cmd.always_show_hint is True.
-                    completions = dataclasses.replace(
-                        completions,
-                        hint=_build_hint(self._parser, pos_arg_state.action),
-                    )
+                    completions._set_hint(_build_hint(self._parser, pos_arg_state.action))
                 return completions
 
             # Otherwise, print a hint if text isn't possibly the start of a flag
@@ -660,10 +653,8 @@ def _build_completion_table(self, arg_state: _ArgumentState, completions: Comple
         for item in completions:
             table.add_row(Text.from_ansi(item.display), *item.table_data)
 
-        return dataclasses.replace(
-            completions,
-            table=table,
-        )
+        completions._set_table(table)
+        return completions
 
     def complete_subcommand_help(self, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int, tokens: Sequence[str]) -> Completions:
         """Supports cmd2's help command in the completion of subcommand names.

cmd2/completion.py

@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ class CompletionItem:
     table_data: Sequence[Any] = field(default_factory=tuple)
 
     def _set_text(self, text: str) -> None:
-        """Update the completion string.
+        """Set the completion string.
 
-        Used internally by cmd2 to prepare the value for the command line.
+        Used internally by cmd2 to prepare the text for insertion on
+        the command line (e.g., restoring shortcuts).
         """
         object.__setattr__(self, "text", text)
 
@@ -285,6 +286,20 @@ class Completions(CompletionResultsBase):
     # The quote character to use if adding an opening or closing quote to the matches.
     _quote_char: str = field(default="", init=False)
 
+    def _set_hint(self, hint: str) -> None:
+        """Set the completion hint.
+
+        Used internally by cmd2 to add context to completion results.
+        """
+        object.__setattr__(self, "hint", hint)
+
+    def _set_table(self, table: Table | None) -> None:
+        """Set the completion table.
+
+        Used internally by cmd2 to add context to completion results.
+        """
+        object.__setattr__(self, "table", table)
+
     def _set_add_opening_quote(self, value: bool) -> None:
         """Set whether to add an opening quote.