added an AnsibleParameter Type Alias and replaced all the old usage of _sdict with it

plugins/module_utils/generic.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ __all__ = (
     "SYSTEMD_NETWORK_CONFIG",
     "SYSTEMD_CONFIG_ROOT",
     "systemdbool",
+    "AnsibleParameter",
 )
 
 
@@ -15,10 +16,7 @@ SYSTEMD_CONFIG_ROOT = pathlib.Path("/etc/systemd")
 SYSTEMD_NETWORK_CONFIG = SYSTEMD_CONFIG_ROOT / "network"
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE_CONFIG = SYSTEMD_CONFIG_ROOT / "system"
 
-
+AnsibleParameter = Dict[str, Any]
-class _sdict(dict):
-    _help: Optional[str]
-    __name__: str
 
 
 class _Type:
@@ -41,12 +39,12 @@ class _Type:
 
     def list(
         self,
-        elements: Union[Type[object], str, dict],
+        elements: Union[Type[object], str, AnsibleParameter],
         required: bool = False,
         help: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> _sdict:
+    ) -> AnsibleParameter:
-        option = _sdict(type="list", required=required)
+        option: AnsibleParameter = dict(type="list", required=required)
-        if not isinstance(elements, (str, _sdict)):
+        if not isinstance(elements, (str, dict)):
             option["elements"] = elements.__name__
         elif isinstance(elements, dict):
             option["elements"] = elements["type"]
@@ -54,22 +52,19 @@ class _Type:
                 option["options"] = dict()
                 for name, value in elements["option"].items():
                     option["options"][name] = value
-                    if isinstance(value, _sdict) and value._help is not None:
+                    if "description" not in option["options"][name]:
-                        option["options"][name]["description"] = value._help
-                    elif "description" in option["options"][name]:
-                        pass
-                    else:
                         warnings.warn(
                             "helptext of option {} is unset. Ansible requires suboptions to have an documentation".format(name),
                         )
-
+        if help is not None:
-        option._help = help
+            option["description"] = help.split("\n")
         return option
 
-    def dict(self, required: bool = False, help: Optional[str] = None, **options: dict) -> _sdict:
+    def dict(self, required: bool = False, help: Optional[str] = None, **options: dict) -> AnsibleParameter:
-        option = _sdict(type="dict", required=required)
+        option: AnsibleParameter = dict(type="dict", required=required)
         option["option"] = options
-        option._help = help
+        if help is not None:
+            option["description"] = help.split("\n")
         return option
 
     def __getattr__(self, name: str):
@@ -78,15 +73,16 @@ class _Type:
             help: Optional[str] = None,
             choices: Optional[Sequence] = None,
             default: Optional[Any] = None,
-        ):
+        ) -> AnsibleParameter:
             """Simple wrapper for Ansible {0} argument dict"""
-            output = _sdict(type=name, required=required)
+            option: AnsibleParameter = dict(type=name, required=required)
             if choices is not None:
-                output["choices"] = choices
+                option["choices"] = choices
             if default is not None:
-                output["default"] = default
+                option["default"] = default
-            output._help = help
+            if help is not None:
-            return output
+                option["description"] = help.split("\n")
+            return option
 
         argument.__name__ = name
         argument.__doc__ = argument.__doc__.format(name)  # type: ignore