From fcc8ad68aebc85fb9a841e43770d0bf3cd2ffaaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:43:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] preserving internal mutable seqs

---
 src/hooked_containers/list.py | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooked_containers/list.py b/src/hooked_containers/list.py
index f4b9406..4f04d55 100644
--- a/src/hooked_containers/list.py
+++ b/src/hooked_containers/list.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, MutableSequence
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable, MutableSequence, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum, auto
 from typing import Generic, TypeVar
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ class RemoveItemEvent(ListChangeEvent[T]):
 
 
 class HookedList(Generic[T], MutableSequence[T]):
-    _data: list[T]
+    _data: MutableSequence[T]
+    _path: MutableSequence[int]
     hook: Callable[[ListChangeEvent[T]], None] | None
 
-    def __init__(self, iterable: Iterable[T], hook=None):
-        self._data = list(iterable)
+    def __init__(self, iterable: Iterable[T], path: Sequence[int] | None = None, *, hook=None):
+        match iterable:
+            case MutableSequence() as seq:
+                self._data = seq
+            case Iterable() as it:
+                self._data = list(it)
+        self._path = list(path) if path is not None else []
         self.hook = hook
 
     def __repr__(self):