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| Date | 2013-09-26 02:15 +0100 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: Convert namedtuple to dictionary |
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On 26/09/2013 02:08, 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 > > > http://docs.python.org/2/library/collections.html#namedtuple-factory-function-for-tuples-with-named-fields > Wouldn't it have made more sense to have a trailing underscore instead?
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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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