[Python-Dev] pydoc for named tuples is missing methods

[Nick Coghlan]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:
> The field names are not always under direct control of the developer, such
> as when they are database column names. Not that using _replace completely
> gets rid of this problem, but I agree with Raymond's decision that a field
> name can be any valid identifier not starting with an underscore. It's the
> simplest thing for the developer using namedtuple.

While I actually think the current API design is a decent compromise,
another option to consider would be to move the underscore to the
*end* (as_dict_, replace_, make_) as is sometimes done for code that
needs to avoid conflicting with a keyword.

Namespace collisions with actual fields would remain unlikely, while
pydoc would pick up the new names correctly.

Cheers,
Nick.

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