From 7dc5ee2fd8aba9048f347c11a722953d8a860108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Lex Darlog (DRL)" <3897975+Lex-DRL@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:10:58 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: explicit return type to let the built-in `PreviewAny`
 node display the dict output

---
 enums.py                | 2 +-
 node_dict_add_any.py    | 2 +-
 node_dict_add_string.py | 2 +-
 node_dict_from_text.py  | 2 +-
 node_dict_preview.py    | 2 +-
 node_validate_keys.py   | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/enums.py b/enums.py
index 5c759b0..14ede54 100644
--- a/enums.py
+++ b/enums.py
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ class DataTypes(__BaseEnum):
 
 	@classmethod
 	def input_dict(cls, *_dicts: _t.Dict[str, T], **kwargs: T) -> _t.Tuple[_t.Union['DataTypes', str], _t.Dict[str, T]]:
-		return cls.DICT, cls.__custom_input_type_dict(_dicts, kwargs)
+		return str(cls.DICT), cls.__custom_input_type_dict(_dicts, kwargs)
diff --git a/node_dict_add_any.py b/node_dict_add_any.py
index 3196607..6416969 100644
--- a/node_dict_add_any.py
+++ b/node_dict_add_any.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class StringConstructorDictAddAny:
 	DESCRIPTION = _format_docstring(_cleandoc(__doc__))
 
 	FUNCTION = 'main'
-	RETURN_TYPES = (_DataTypes.DICT, )
+	RETURN_TYPES = (str(_DataTypes.DICT), )
 	RETURN_NAMES = (_DataTypes.DICT.lower(), )
 	# OUTPUT_TOOLTIPS = tuple()
 
diff --git a/node_dict_add_string.py b/node_dict_add_string.py
index 6de5a1c..265d979 100644
--- a/node_dict_add_string.py
+++ b/node_dict_add_string.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class StringConstructorDictAddString:
 	DESCRIPTION = _format_docstring(_cleandoc(__doc__))
 
 	FUNCTION = 'main'
-	RETURN_TYPES = (_DataTypes.DICT, )
+	RETURN_TYPES = (str(_DataTypes.DICT), )
 	RETURN_NAMES = (_DataTypes.DICT.lower(), )
 	# OUTPUT_TOOLTIPS = tuple()
 
diff --git a/node_dict_from_text.py b/node_dict_from_text.py
index fa93877..e92fba0 100644
--- a/node_dict_from_text.py
+++ b/node_dict_from_text.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class StringConstructorDictFromText:
 	OUTPUT_NODE = True  # Just to show the status message even if not connected to anything
 
 	FUNCTION = 'main'
-	RETURN_TYPES = (_DataTypes.DICT, )
+	RETURN_TYPES = (str(_DataTypes.DICT), )
 	RETURN_NAMES = (_DataTypes.DICT.lower(), )
 	# OUTPUT_TOOLTIPS = tuple()
 
diff --git a/node_dict_preview.py b/node_dict_preview.py
index f5c4d21..c59068b 100644
--- a/node_dict_preview.py
+++ b/node_dict_preview.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class StringConstructorDictPreview:
 	OUTPUT_NODE = True
 
 	FUNCTION = 'main'
-	RETURN_TYPES = (_DataTypes.DICT, )
+	RETURN_TYPES = (str(_DataTypes.DICT), )
 	RETURN_NAMES = (_DataTypes.DICT.lower(), )
 	# OUTPUT_TOOLTIPS = tuple()
 
diff --git a/node_validate_keys.py b/node_validate_keys.py
index 5ab0b58..27f8988 100644
--- a/node_validate_keys.py
+++ b/node_validate_keys.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class StringConstructorValidateKeys:
 	OUTPUT_NODE = True
 
 	FUNCTION = 'main'
-	RETURN_TYPES = (_DataTypes.DICT, )
+	RETURN_TYPES = (str(_DataTypes.DICT), )
 	RETURN_NAMES = (_DataTypes.DICT.lower(), )
 	# OUTPUT_TOOLTIPS = tuple()