# collections.namedtuple, backported to Python 2.4, with a twist. # # This should be tested against Python 2.4 through 2.7, but is not expected # to work in Python 3. from operator import itemgetter as _itemgetter from keyword import iskeyword as _iskeyword import sys as _sys try: all, any except NameError: # Only needed in Python 2.4. def all(iterable): for element in iterable: if not element: return False return True def any(iterable): for element in iterable: if element: return True return False def _check_name(name): """Check type or field name is valid. Returns an error message if name is not valid, otherwise the empty string. """ if not name: err = "names must not be empty" elif name[0].isdigit(): err = "name '%s' cannot start with a digit" % name elif name.startswith('_'): err = "name '%s' cannot start with an underscore" % name elif not all(c.isalnum() or c == '_' for c in name): err = ("name '%s' must only contain alphanumeric characters" " and underscores" % name) elif _iskeyword(name): err = "name '%s' is a reserved keyword" % name else: err = "" return err def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=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] # indexable like a plain tuple 33 >>> x, y = p # unpack like a regular 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) """ if not isinstance(typename, basestring): raise TypeError('typename must be a string, not %r' % type(typename)) err = _check_name(typename) if err: raise ValueError(err) # Parse and validate the field names. Validation serves two purposes, # generating informative error messages and preventing template # injection attacks. if isinstance(field_names, basestring): # Field names separated by whitespace and/or commas. field_names = field_names.replace(',', ' ').split() field_names = list(map(str, field_names)) seen = set() for i, name in enumerate(field_names): err = _check_name(name) if not err and name in seen: err = "duplicate name '%s'" % name if err: if rename: field_names[i] = "_%d" % i else: raise ValueError(err) else: seen.add(name) field_names = tuple(field_names) # === Dynamically construct the class === # Unlike Raymond Hettinger's original recipe found at # http://code.activestate.com/recipes/500261-named-tuples/ # we use a regular nested class. The only method which needs to be # generated dynamically is __new__. numfields = len(field_names) reprtxt = ', '.join('%s=%%r' % name for name in field_names) argtxt = ', '.join(field_names) class Inner(tuple): # Work around for annoyance: type __doc__ is read-only :-( __doc__ = ("%(typename)s(%(argtxt)s)" % {'typename': typename, 'argtxt': argtxt}) __slots__ = () _fields = field_names # Don't decorate with classmethod here. See below. def _make(cls, iterable, new=tuple.__new__, len=len): """Make a new %s object from a sequence or iterable.""" result = new(cls, iterable) if len(result) != numfields: raise TypeError('Expected %d arguments, got %d' % (numfields, len(result))) return result # Work around for annoyance: classmethod __doc__ is read-only :-( _make.__doc__ %= locals() _make = classmethod(_make) def __repr__(self): return '%s(%s)' % (typename, reprtxt%self) def _asdict(self): """Return a new dict which maps field names to their values.""" return dict(zip(self._fields, self)) def _replace(self, **kwds): """Return a new %(typename)s object replacing specified fields with new values.""" result = self._make(map(kwds.pop, self._fields, self)) #result = self._make(map(kwds.pop, ('x', 'y'), _self)) if kwds: raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %r' % kwds.keys()) return result def __getnewargs__(self): return tuple(self) # For pickling to work, the __module__ attribute 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) or sys._getframe # is not defined for arguments greater than 0 (IronPython). try: Inner.__module__ = _sys._getframe(1).f_globals.get('__name__', '__main__') except (AttributeError, ValueError): pass # Dynamically create the __new__ method and inject it into the class. # We do this using exec because the method argument handling is otherwise # too hard. The "cls" parameter is named _cls instead to avoid clashing # with a field of that same name. ns = {'_new': tuple.__new__} template = """def __new__(_cls, %(argtxt)s): return _new(_cls, (%(argtxt)s))""" % locals() if verbose: print template exec template in ns, ns Inner.__new__ = staticmethod(ns['__new__']) # NOT classmethod! # Inject properties to retrieve items by name. for i, name in enumerate(field_names): setattr(Inner, name, property(_itemgetter(i))) Inner.__dict__['_replace'].__doc__ %= locals() Inner.__name__ = typename return Inner 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, -1)) # test and demonstrate ability to override methods class Point(namedtuple('Point', 'x y')): @property def hypot(self): return (self.x ** 2 + self.y ** 2) ** 0.5 def __str__(self): return 'Point: x=%6.3f y=%6.3f hypot=%6.3f' % (self.x, self.y, self.hypot) for p in Point(3,4), Point(14,5), Point(9./7,6): print (p) class Point(namedtuple('Point', 'x y')): 'Point class with optimized _make() and _replace() without error-checking' _make = classmethod(tuple.__new__) def _replace(self, _map=map, **kwds): return self._make(_map(kwds.get, ('x', 'y'), self)) print Point(11, 22)._replace(x=100) import doctest TestResults = namedtuple('TestResults', 'failed attempted') print TestResults(*doctest.testmod())