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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst14
-rw-r--r--Lib/collections.py10
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index cf30aa5..a9c8965 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -676,9 +676,9 @@ Example:
def __repr__(self):
return 'Point(x=%r, y=%r)' % self
<BLANKLINE>
- def _asdict(t):
- 'Return a new dict which maps field names to their values'
- return {'x': t[0], 'y': t[1]}
+ def _asdict(self):
+ 'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
+ return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self))
<BLANKLINE>
def _replace(self, **kwds):
'Return a new Point object replacing specified fields with new values'
@@ -736,10 +736,14 @@ field names, the method and attribute names start with an underscore.
.. method:: somenamedtuple._asdict()
- Return a new dict which maps field names to their corresponding values::
+ Return a new :class:`OrderedDict` which maps field names to their corresponding
+ values::
>>> p._asdict()
- {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
+ OrderedDict([('x', 11), ('y', 22)])
+
+ .. versionchanged 3.1
+ Returns an :class:`OrderedDict` instead of a regular :class:`dict`.
.. method:: somenamedtuple._replace(kwargs)
diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index e807a50..351bf40 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
numfields = len(field_names)
argtxt = repr(field_names).replace("'", "")[1:-1] # tuple repr without parens or quotes
reprtxt = ', '.join('%s=%%r' % name for name in field_names)
- dicttxt = ', '.join('%r: t[%d]' % (name, pos) for pos, name in enumerate(field_names))
template = '''class %(typename)s(tuple):
'%(typename)s(%(argtxt)s)' \n
__slots__ = () \n
@@ -180,9 +179,9 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
return result \n
def __repr__(self):
return '%(typename)s(%(reprtxt)s)' %% self \n
- def _asdict(t):
- 'Return a new dict which maps field names to their values'
- return {%(dicttxt)s} \n
+ def _asdict(self):
+ 'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
+ return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self)) \n
def _replace(self, **kwds):
'Return a new %(typename)s object replacing specified fields with new values'
result = self._make(map(kwds.pop, %(field_names)r, self))
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
# Execute the template string in a temporary namespace and
# support tracing utilities by setting a value for frame.f_globals['__name__']
- namespace = dict(itemgetter=_itemgetter, __name__='namedtuple_%s' % typename)
+ namespace = dict(itemgetter=_itemgetter, __name__='namedtuple_%s' % typename,
+ OrderedDict=OrderedDict)
try:
exec template in namespace
except SyntaxError, e:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 72e17b3..70160bb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ Library
- PEP 372: Added collections.OrderedDict().
+- The _asdict() for method for namedtuples now returns an OrderedDict().
+
- Issue #4308: httplib.IncompleteRead's repr doesn't include all of the data all
ready received.