some cleanup

scilog/snippet.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import functools
 from typing import get_type_hints
+from .utils import typename
 
 
 def typechecked(func):
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ def typechecked(func):
     return typechecked_call
 
 
-def property_maker(cls, name, type_name):
+def property_maker(name, type_name):
     storage_name = '_' + name
 
     @property
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def property_maker(cls, name, type_name):
 class Snippet:
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__()
         self._properties = []
         self.set_properties(**kwargs)
 
@@ -38,12 +40,12 @@ class Snippet:
         for key, value in kwargs.items():
             storage_name = '_' + key
             setattr(Snippet, storage_name, None)
-            setattr(Snippet, key, property_maker(self, key, value))
+            setattr(Snippet, key, property_maker(key, value))
             self._properties.append(key)
 
     def to_dict(self, include_none=True):
         if include_none:
-            return {key: getattr(self, key) for key in self._properties }
+            return {key: getattr(self, key) for key in self._properties}
         else:
             return {key: getattr(self, key) for key in self._properties if getattr(self, key) is not None}
 
@@ -53,16 +55,16 @@ class Snippet:
 
     @classmethod
     def from_dict(cls, properties):
-        tmp = cls()
-        tmp.import_dict(properties)
-        return tmp
+        new = cls()
+        new.import_dict(properties)
+        return new
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return f"{type(self).__name__}"
+        return typename(self)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_http_response(cls, response):
-        if type(response) == list:
+        if isinstance(response, list):
             return [cls.from_dict(resp) for resp in response]
         else:
             return cls.from_dict(response)