[Python-Dev] sys.implementation

[Glenn Linderman]

On 5/12/2012 10:50 AM, Eric Snow wrote:
> given a normal (dict-based)
> object you can use vars() to turn it into a dict:
>
>>>> >>>  data = SomeClass(a=1, b=2, c=3)
>>>> >>>  ns = vars(data)
>>>> >>>  ns['a']
> 1
>>>> >>>  ns['b']
> 2
>>>> >>>  ns['c']
> 3
>
> I'll grant that it doesn't work for some objects (like named tuples),

Why not?  Seems like it could, with a tweak to vars ...

named tuples already have a method to return a dict.
vars already has a special case to act like locals.

So why not add a special case to allow vars to work on named tuples?
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