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Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary

Date 2013-09-26 06:51 -0500
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary
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On 2013-09-26 01:08, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 18:41:25 -0500, Tim Chase wrote about
> namedtuple:
> 
> > While it uses the "private" member-variable "_fields", you can do
> 
> It's not actually private!
> 
> namedtuple is documented as an exception to the rule that methods 
> starting with a single leading underscore are private. Named tuples 
> define three public methods and one data attribute. In order to
> avoid clashing with field names, they start with a single
> underscore, but they are documented as public:
> 
> _make
> _asdict
> _replace
> _fields

Well dang if "leading underscore suggests private/internal use"
convention got tossed out the window here :)

But indeed, they are in the docs, so (to the OP), use _asdict() and
make life easy.

-tkc

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Convert namedtuple to dictionary tripsvt@gmail.com - 2013-09-25 15:45 -0700
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-25 18:41 -0500
    Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-26 01:08 +0000
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-26 02:15 +0100
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-09-25 21:45 -0400
      Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-09-26 06:51 -0500
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-09-26 00:52 +0100
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-09-25 20:15 -0400
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-26 03:48 +0000
  Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-09-26 08:47 +0200

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