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Raymond Hettinger 2008-01-07 21:33:51 +00:00
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@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ they add the ability to access fields by name instead of position index.
method which lists the tuple contents in a ``name=value`` format.
The *fieldnames* are a single string with each fieldname separated by whitespace
and/or commas (for example 'x y' or 'x, y'). Alternatively, the *fieldnames*
can be specified with a sequence of strings (such as ['x', 'y']).
and/or commas (for example 'x y' or 'x, y'). Alternatively, *fieldnames*
can be a sequence of strings (such as ['x', 'y']).
Any valid Python identifier may be used for a fieldname except for names
starting with an underscore. Valid identifiers consist of letters, digits,
@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ three additional methods and one attribute.
.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._fields
Tuple of strings listing the field names. This is useful for introspection
Tuple of strings listing the field names. Useful for introspection
and for creating new named tuple types from existing named tuples.
::
@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ function::
>>> getattr(p, 'x')
11
When casting a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
To cast a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
>>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
>>> Point(**d)
@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ a fixed-width print format::
Point: x= 1.286 y= 6.000 hypot= 6.136
Another use for subclassing is to replace performance critcal methods with
faster versions that bypass error-checking and localize variable access::
faster versions that bypass error-checking and that localize variable access::
>>> class Point(namedtuple('Point', 'x y')):
_make = classmethod(tuple.__new__)