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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2010-11-21 23:23:29 (GMT)
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Issue 6722: Improve the namedtuple examples.
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@@ -586,11 +586,15 @@ they add the ability to access fields by name instead of position index.
.. versionchanged:: 3.1
Added support for *rename*.
-Example:
.. doctest::
:options: +NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE
+ >>> # Basic example
+ >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
+ >>> p = Point(x=10, y=11)
+
+ >>> # Example using the verbose option to print the class definition
>>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', verbose=True)
class Point(tuple):
'Point(x, y)'