Re: Immutability and Python

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Date	2012-10-30 06:36 +1100
Subject	Re: Immutability and Python
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.3044.1351539415.27098.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:
> _MyImmutableClass = namedtuple('MyImmutableClass', 'field1 field2
> field3 field4')
>
> class MyImmutableClass(_MyImmutableClass):

Question: Is it clearer to take advantage of the fact that the base
class can be an arbitrary expression?

class MyImmutableClass(namedtuple('MyImmutableClass', 'field1 field2
field3 field4')):

You lose the unnecessary temporary and triplication of name, but gain
instead a rather long line.

ChrisA

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Re: Immutability and Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-30 06:36 +1100
  Re: Immutability and Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-29 22:34 +0000

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