[Python-Dev] Py2.6 ideas (original) (raw)

Fuzzyman fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Tue Feb 20 11:17:49 CET 2007

Michele Simionato wrote:

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger verizon.net> writes:

* Add a pure python namedtuple class to the collections module. I've been using the class for about a year and found that it greatly improves the usability of tuples as records. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/500261

[snip..] 4. I want help(MyNamedTuple) to work well; in particular it should display the right module name. That means that in the m dictionary you should add a module attribute: module = sys.getframe(1).fglobals['name'] Hello all,

If this is being considered for inclusion in the standard library, using _getframe' hackery will guarantee that it doesn't work with alternative implementations of Python (like IronPython at least which doesn't have Python stack frames).

At least wrapping it in a try/except would be helpful.

All the best,

Michael Foord

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