[Python-Dev] Concerns about method overriding and subclassing with dataclasses

Ethan Smith ethan at ethanhs.me
Fri Dec 29 19:58:09 EST 2017


On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> I still think it should overrides anything that's just inherited but
> nothing that's defined in the class being decorated.
>
>
Could you explain why you are of this opinion? Is it a concern about
complexity of implementation?


> On Dec 29, 2017 5:43 PM, "Nathaniel Smith" <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>
>> wrote:
>> > Good point.  So auto-generate a new __repr__ if:
>> >
>> > - one is not provided, and
>> > - existing __repr__ is either:
>> >   - object.__repr__, or
>> >   - a previous dataclass __repr__
>> >
>> > And if the auto default doesn't work for one's use-case, use the keyword
>> > parameter to specify what you want.
>>
>> What does attrs do here?
>>
>> -n
>>
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