On 2017-07-23 17:08, Todd wrote:
On Jul 20, 2017 1:13 AM, "David Mertz" <mertz@gnosis.cx <mailto:mertz@gnosis.cx>> wrote:
I'm concerned in the proposal about losing access to type information (i.e. name) in this proposal. For example, I might write some code like this now:
>>> from collections import namedtuple >>> Car = namedtuple("Car", "cost hp weight") >>> Motorcycle = namedtuple("Motorcycle", "cost hp weight") >>> smart = Car(18_900, 89, 949) >>> harley = Motorcyle(18_900, 89, 949) >>> if smart==harley and type(smart)==type(harley): ... print("These are identical vehicles")
The proposal to define this as:
>>> smart = (cost=18_900, hp=89, weight=949) >>> harley = (cost=18_900, hp=89, weight=949)
Doesn't seem to leave any way to distinguish the objects of different types that happen to have the same fields. Comparing `smart._fields==harley._fields` doesn't help here, nor does any type constructed solely from the fields.
What about making a syntax to declare a type? The ones that come to mind are
name = (x=, y=)
Or
name = (x=pass, y=pass)
They may not be clear enough, though.
Guido has already declared that he doesn't like those bare forms, so it'll probably be something like ntuple(...).