eval-free reconstructed types (#476)

* eval-free reconstructed types * ambiguity hack * fix forgotten type change * change dispatch * getproperty forwarding * more unknown type improvements * fix test * missing show and wrong check * avoid invalidation * invalidation v2 * propertynames & changelog --------- Co-authored-by: Jonas Isensee <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.35
+ - fix `Upgrade` for parametric types
+ - new type reconstruction when matching DataType cannot be found (eval-free)
+
 ## 0.4.32
  - add experimental `JLD2.readas` function for customized reading of custom serialized objects (#468)
 

diff --git a/src/backwards_compatibility.jl b/src/backwards_compatibility.jl
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ function _julia_type(s::AbstractString)
         end
     end
     if typ == UnconvertedType || typ == UnsupportedType
-        return UnknownType(s)
+        return UnknownType{Symbol(s), Tuple{}}
     else
         return typ
     end