From a8d19f6229f4a3ee7ea7f5c6f9333086aac89470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Huanyi Xie <74809554+xiehuanyi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:26:44 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve prototype-named namespace attributes

---
 lib/argparse.js   | 15 +++++++++++++--
 test/test_port.js | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/argparse.js b/lib/argparse.js
index 22a4fb6..07428d5 100644
--- a/lib/argparse.js
+++ b/lib/argparse.js
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ function getattr (object, name, value) {
 }
 
 function setattr (object, name, value) {
-    object[name] = value
+    if (name === '__proto__') {
+        Object.defineProperty(object, name, {
+            value, enumerable: true, configurable: true, writable: true
+        })
+    } else {
+        object[name] = value
+    }
 }
 
 function setdefault (object, name, value) {
@@ -2053,7 +2059,12 @@ const Namespace = _callable(class Namespace extends _AttributeHolder() {
 
     constructor (options = {}) {
         super()
-        Object.assign(this, options)
+        const source = Object(options)
+        for (const key of Reflect.ownKeys(source)) {
+            if (Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) {
+                setattr(this, key, source[key])
+            }
+        }
     }
 })
 
diff --git a/test/test_port.js b/test/test_port.js
index af1925b..dd5ef59 100644
--- a/test/test_port.js
+++ b/test/test_port.js
@@ -81,3 +81,49 @@ for (const type of ['int', 'float']) {
         }
     })
 }
+
+// A Python destination named __proto__ is an ordinary namespace attribute.
+// The inherited JavaScript setter must not consume it or change the prototype.
+describe('prototype-named destinations', () => {
+    it('stores explicit values and defaults as own attributes', () => {
+        const parser = new argparse.ArgumentParser({ add_help: false })
+        const defaultValue = { value: 'default' }
+        parser.add_argument('--value', { dest: '__proto__', default: defaultValue })
+        const defaults = parser.parse_args([])
+        const explicit = parser.parse_args(['--value', 'parsed'])
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(defaults, '__proto__').value, defaultValue)
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(explicit, '__proto__').value, 'parsed')
+        assert.ok(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(explicit, '__proto__'))
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(defaults), argparse.Namespace.prototype)
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(explicit), argparse.Namespace.prototype)
+    })
+
+    it('supports append and count actions without changing a supplied namespace', () => {
+        for (const [action, expected] of [['append', ['first', 'second']], ['count', 2]]) {
+            const parser = new argparse.ArgumentParser({ add_help: false })
+            parser.add_argument('--value', { dest: '__proto__', action })
+            const namespace = {}
+            const args = action === 'append'
+                ? ['--value', 'first', '--value', 'second']
+                : ['--value', '--value']
+            assert.strictEqual(parser.parse_args(args, namespace), namespace)
+            assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(namespace, '__proto__').value, expected)
+            assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(namespace), Object.prototype)
+        }
+    })
+
+    it('keeps null and boxed primitive namespace source behavior', () => {
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(new argparse.Namespace(null)), [])
+        assert.strictEqual(new argparse.Namespace('x')[0], 'x')
+    })
+
+    it('copies namespace values including enumerable symbols safely', () => {
+        const symbol = Symbol('value')
+        const options = { ['__proto__']: 'initial', [symbol]: 42 }
+        const namespace = new argparse.Namespace(options)
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(namespace, '__proto__').value, 'initial')
+        assert.strictEqual(namespace[symbol], 42)
+        assert.strictEqual(Object.getPrototypeOf(namespace), argparse.Namespace.prototype)
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(namespace), ['__proto__'])
+    })
+})