fixed parsing issue

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "springs"
-version = "1.12"
+version = "1.12.1"
 description = """\
     A set of utilities to create and manage typed configuration files \
     effectively, built on top of OmegaConf.\

src/springs/commandline.py

@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ def wrap_main_method(
         table_parser(
             title="Registered Nicknames",
             columns=["Nickname", "Path"],
+            v_justify=["center", "left"],
             values=NicknameRegistry().all(),
             caption=(
                 "Nicknames are invoked via: "

src/springs/initialize.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from get_annotations import get_annotations
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, OmegaConf
 
-from .core import cast
+from .core import cast, to_python
 from .utils import SpringsWarnings, clean_multiline
 
 
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ def __init__(self, a):
             str(k): _recursive_init(
                 param=v, type_=_find_child_type(cls_=_type_, attr_name=str(k))
             )
-            for k, v in {**config_node, **kwargs}.items()
+            for k, v in {**to_python(config_node), **kwargs}.items()
             # we already extracted the target callable, so we don't need it
             if k != cls.TARGET
         }

src/springs/nicknames.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import inspect
+import json
 from dataclasses import is_dataclass
 from inspect import isclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 from omegaconf import MISSING, DictConfig, ListConfig
 from typing_extensions import ParamSpec
 
-from .core import from_dict, from_file
+from .core import from_dict, from_file, to_python
 from .flexyclasses import FlexyClass
 from .logging import configure_logging
 
@@ -166,14 +167,18 @@ def get(
             raise ValueError(f"{name} is not registered as a nickname")
         return cls.__registry__.get(name, None)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def convert_nickname_value_to_string(config: RegistryValue) -> str:
+        if is_dataclass(config):
+            return getattr(config, "__name__", type(config).__name__)
+        elif isinstance(config, (DictConfig, ListConfig)):
+            return json.dumps(to_python(config), indent=2)
+        else:
+            return type(config).__name__
+
     @classmethod
     def all(cls) -> Sequence[Tuple[str, str]]:
         return [
-            (
-                name,
-                getattr(config, "__name__", type(config).__name__)
-                if is_dataclass(config)
-                else type(config).__name__,
-            )
+            (name, cls.convert_nickname_value_to_string(config))
             for name, config in cls.__registry__.items()
         ]