Re: [Python-ideas] Proposal to add new built-in struct (was: Add kwargs to built-in function object)

"Greg Ewing" greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz wrote in message news:4835FBA4.8020206@canterbury.ac.nz... | Brandon Mintern wrote: | > This is a proposal to add a new built-in named struct: | > | > struct(**kwargs) | > Return a struct object which has the attributes given in kwargs. | | I think I'd prefer 'record', to avoid any potential | confusion with the struct module, which does something | quite different.

I agree, perhaps even Record .., but in any case in the collections module. Something like this has been the subject of enough c.l.p posts to make a case for something in the stdlib, but not in builtins. An implementation in Python also serves as a model for variations.