Fixed the JSON_Encoder. The issue was that dictionaries are mutable, and dumping dictionaries and replacing keys also replaces the original value.

archinstall/lib/general.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class JSON_Encoder:
 			## We'll need to iterate not just the value that default() usually gets passed
 			## But also iterate manually over each key: value pair in order to trap the keys.
 			
+			copy = {}
 			for key, val in list(obj.items()):
 				if isinstance(val, dict):
 					val = json.loads(json.dumps(val, cls=JSON)) # This, is a EXTREMELY ugly hack..
@@ -44,12 +45,12 @@ class JSON_Encoder:
                                                             # trigger a encoding of sub-dictionaries.
 				else:
 					val = JSON_Encoder._encode(val)
-				del(obj[key])
+				
 				if type(key) == str and key[0] == '!':
-					obj[JSON_Encoder._encode(key)] = '******'
+					copy[JSON_Encoder._encode(key)] = '******'
 				else:
-					obj[JSON_Encoder._encode(key)] = val
-			return obj
+					copy[JSON_Encoder._encode(key)] = val
+			return copy
 		elif hasattr(obj, 'json'):
 			return obj.json()
 		elif hasattr(obj, '__dump__'):

examples/guided.py

@@ -228,15 +228,12 @@ except archinstall.RequirementError as e:
 if not archinstall.arguments.get('nic', None):
 	archinstall.arguments['nic'] = archinstall.ask_to_configure_network()
 
-print(type(archinstall.arguments['harddrive']), archinstall.arguments['harddrive'])
-
 print()
 print('This is your chosen configuration:')
 archinstall.log("-- Guided template chosen (with below config) --", level=archinstall.LOG_LEVELS.Debug)
 archinstall.log(json.dumps(archinstall.arguments, indent=4, sort_keys=True, cls=archinstall.JSON), level=archinstall.LOG_LEVELS.Info)
 print()
 
-print(type(archinstall.arguments['harddrive']), archinstall.arguments['harddrive'])
 input('Press Enter to continue.')
 
 """