From 549e34cc7bb5af347512c9feae1b917f5fb65479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Remove confusing section from named tuple recipes. --- Doc/library/collections.rst | 10 ---------- 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst index 8ab757194a6..8841db649dc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/collections.rst +++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst @@ -942,16 +942,6 @@ customize a prototype instance: >>> johns_account = default_account._replace(owner='John') >>> janes_account = default_account._replace(owner='Jane') -Enumerated constants can be implemented with named tuples, but it is simpler -and more efficient to use a simple :class:`~enum.Enum`: - - >>> Status = namedtuple('Status', 'open pending closed')._make(range(3)) - >>> Status.open, Status.pending, Status.closed - (0, 1, 2) - >>> from enum import Enum - >>> class Status(Enum): - ... open, pending, closed = range(3) - .. seealso::