Wouldn't TypedDict come in handy here? This way we can kinda mimick a structural typing system. The only disadvantage I ran across here is that TypedDict can't

Wouldn't TypedDict come in handy here? This way we can kinda mimick a structural typing system. The only disadvantage I ran across here is that TypedDict can't handle recursive fields, unlike dataclasses. Otherwise, it seems to me like a more Pythonic choice, reminding of Clojure