[Python-ideas] Anonymous namedtuples

[Peter Otten]

Joseph Martinot-Lagarde wrote:

> Proposal
> ========
> 
> So I thought about a new (ok, maybe it has been proposed before but I
> couldn't find it) syntax for anonymous namedtuples (I put the prints as
> comments, otherwise gmane is complainig about top-posting):
> 
>     my_point = (x=12, y=16)
>     # (x=12, y=16)
>     my_point[0]
>     # 12
>     my_point.y
>     # 16
>     type(my_point)
>     # <class 'anonymousnamedtuple'>
> 
> It's just a tuple, but with names. Parenthesis would be mandatory because
> `my_point = x = 12, y = 16` wouldn't work. Single elements anonymouns
> namedtuples would require a trailing comma, similarely to tuples.

That would be a great addition!

The parens could be optional for return values

return x=1, y=2