__all__ = ['deque', 'defaultdict', 'namedtuple'] from _collections import deque, defaultdict from operator import itemgetter as _itemgetter from itertools import izip as _izip from keyword import iskeyword as _iskeyword import sys as _sys # For bootstrapping reasons, the collection ABCs are defined in _abcoll.py. # They should however be considered an integral part of collections.py. from _abcoll import * import _abcoll __all__ += _abcoll.__all__ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False): """Returns a new subclass of tuple with named fields. >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y') >>> Point.__doc__ # docstring for the new class 'Point(x, y)' >>> p = Point(11, y=22) # instantiate with positional args or keywords >>> p[0] + p[1] # works just like the tuple (11, 22) 33 >>> x, y = p # unpacks just like a tuple >>> x, y (11, 22) >>> p.x + p.y # fields also accessable by name 33 >>> d = p._asdict() # convert to a dictionary >>> d['x'] 11 >>> Point(**d) # convert from a dictionary Point(x=11, y=22) >>> p._replace(x=100) # _replace() is like str.replace() but targets named fields Point(x=100, y=22) """ # Parse and validate the field names if isinstance(field_names, basestring): field_names = field_names.replace(',', ' ').split() # names separated by whitespace and/or commas field_names = tuple(field_names) for name in (typename,) + field_names: if not all(c.isalnum() or c=='_' for c in name): raise ValueError('Type names and field names can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores: %r' % name) if _iskeyword(name): raise ValueError('Type names and field names cannot be a keyword: %r' % name) if name[0].isdigit(): raise ValueError('Type names and field names cannot start with a number: %r' % name) seen_names = set() for name in field_names: if name.startswith('_'): raise ValueError('Field names cannot start with an underscore: %r' % name) if name in seen_names: raise ValueError('Encountered duplicate field name: %r' % name) seen_names.add(name) # Create and fill-in the class template argtxt = repr(field_names).replace("'", "")[1:-1] # tuple repr without parens or quotes reprtxt = ', '.join('%s=%%r' % name for name in field_names) template = '''class %(typename)s(tuple): '%(typename)s(%(argtxt)s)' __slots__ = () _fields = property(lambda self: %(field_names)r) def __new__(cls, %(argtxt)s): return tuple.__new__(cls, (%(argtxt)s)) def __repr__(self): return '%(typename)s(%(reprtxt)s)' %% self def _asdict(self, dict=dict, zip=zip): 'Return a new dict mapping field names to their values' return dict(zip(%(field_names)r, self)) def _replace(self, **kwds): 'Return a new %(typename)s object replacing specified fields with new values' return %(typename)s(**dict(zip(%(field_names)r, self), **kwds)) \n''' % locals() for i, name in enumerate(field_names): template += ' %s = property(itemgetter(%d))\n' % (name, i) if verbose: print template # Execute the template string in a temporary namespace namespace = dict(itemgetter=_itemgetter, zip=_izip) try: exec template in namespace except SyntaxError, e: raise SyntaxError(e.message + ':\n' + template) result = namespace[typename] # For pickling to work, the __module__ variable needs to be set to the frame # where the named tuple is created. Bypass this step in enviroments where # sys._getframe is not defined (Jython for example). if hasattr(_sys, '_getframe'): result.__module__ = _sys._getframe(1).f_globals['__name__'] return result if __name__ == '__main__': # verify that instances can be pickled from cPickle import loads, dumps Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x, y', True) p = Point(x=10, y=20) assert p == loads(dumps(p)) # test and demonstrate ability to override methods Point.__repr__ = lambda self: 'Point(%.3f, %.3f)' % self print p import doctest TestResults = namedtuple('TestResults', 'failed attempted') print TestResults(*doctest.testmod())