Error when using segement_to_vector function of the FeatureTable class with Python 3.12

[singhakr]

I am trying to use panphon in my project in a Conda virtual environment which has Python 3.12. When I try to get the phonetic feature representation from in IPA transcription using the FeatureTable class like this:

features = [self.ft.segment_to_vector(seg) for seg in ipa_representation]

I get the following error:

return self.fts(seg, normalize).strings() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'strings'

I looked in the source code of the FeatureTable, the error occurs at the following line:

return self.fts(seg, normalize).strings()

This seems odd. Since the fts function return a dict object, why is the .strings() function being called?

Is there a workaround for this, or is it related to version incompatibility?