FIX/ENH/CLN: simplified CheckedSession code and avoid using pydantic private API (closes #1151)

also fixes properties on subclasses of CheckedSession (closes #1152)

Author: gdementen

doc/requirements.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pandas >=0.20
 matplotlib
 tables  # ==pytables
 openpyxl
-pydantic >=2.12
+pydantic ==2.12
 
 # dependencies to actually build the documentation
 sphinx ==5.3.0

doc/source/changes/version_0_35.rst.inc

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Backward incompatible changes
   is closed by the user. To revert to the previous behavior, use show=False.
 
 * Using :py:obj:`CheckedSession`, :py:obj:`CheckedParameters` or
-  :py:obj:`CheckedArray` now requires installing pydantic >= 2.12
+  :py:obj:`CheckedArray` now requires installing pydantic >= 2
   (closes :issue:`1075`).
 
 

environment.yml

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dependencies:
   - openpyxl
   - xlsxwriter
   - pytest >=6
-  - pydantic >= 2.12
+  - pydantic >=2