[Python-Dev] PEP 557: Data Classes (original) (raw)

Stefan Krah stefan at bytereef.org
Thu Sep 14 13:45:28 EDT 2017

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:24:52AM -0700, Mike Miller wrote:

An elegant name can make the difference between another obscure module thrown in the stdlib to be never seen again and one that gets used every day. Which is more intuitive?

from collections import record

I'd expect something like a C struct or an ML record.

from dataclass import dataclass

This is more intuitive, since the PEP example also has attached methods like total_cost(). I don't think this is really common for records.

Stefan Krah

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