Fix Unexpected keyword argument 'prototype' error when spawning

evennia/prototypes/tests.py

@@ -1045,6 +1045,45 @@ class TestIssue2908(BaseEvenniaTest):
         self.assertEqual(obj[0].location, self.room1)
 
 
+class TestIssue3824(BaseEvenniaTest):
+    """
+    Test that $obj, $objlist, and $search callables work correctly when spawning prototypes.
+
+    """
+
+    def test_spawn_with_search_callables(self):
+        """Test spawning prototype with $obj, $objlist, and $search callables."""
+        # Setup: tag some objects for searching
+        self.room1.tags.add("test_location", category="zone")
+        self.room2.tags.add("test_location", category="zone")
+        self.obj1.tags.add("test_item", category="item_type")
+
+        # Create prototype using all three search callables
+        prot = {
+            "prototype_key": "test_search_callables",
+            "typeclass": "evennia.objects.objects.DefaultObject",
+            "key": "test object",
+            "attr_obj": f"$obj({self.obj1.dbref})",
+            "attr_search": "$search(Char)",
+            "attr_objlist": "$objlist(test_location, category=zone, type=tag)",
+        }
+
+        # This should not raise TypeError about 'prototype' kwarg
+        objs = spawner.spawn(prot, caller=self.char1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(objs), 1)
+        obj = objs[0]
+
+        # Verify all search callables worked correctly
+        self.assertEqual(obj.db.attr_obj, self.obj1)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.db.attr_search, self.char1)
+        # attr_objlist should be a list or list-like object with 2 rooms
+        objlist = obj.db.attr_objlist
+        self.assertEqual(len(objlist), 2)
+        self.assertIn(self.room1, objlist)
+        self.assertIn(self.room2, objlist)
+
+
 class TestIssue3101(EvenniaCommandTest):
     """
     Spawning and using create_object should store the same `typeclass_path` if using

evennia/utils/funcparser.py

@@ -1131,12 +1131,12 @@ def funcparser_callable_search(*args, caller=None, access="control", **kwargs):
         - "$search(beach, category=outdoors, type=tag)
 
     """
-    # clean out funcparser-specific kwargs so we can use the kwargs for
+    # clean out funcparser and protfunc_parser-specific kwargs so we can use the kwargs for
     # searching
     search_kwargs = {
         key: value
         for key, value in kwargs.items()
-        if key not in ("funcparser", "raise_errors", "type", "return_list")
+        if key not in ("funcparser", "raise_errors", "type", "return_list", "prototype")
     }
     return_list = str(kwargs.pop("return_list", "false")).lower() == "true"