On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:06:15AM -0700, Mike Miller wrote: > On 2017-09-14 10:45, Stefan Krah wrote: > >I'd expect something like a C struct or an ML record. > > Struct is taken, and your second example is record.
*If* the name were collections.record, I'd expect collections.record to be something like a C struct or an ML record. I'm NOT proposing "record". > > from dataclass import dataclass > > > >This is more intuitive, since the PEP example also has attached methods > >like total_cost(). I don't think this is really common for records. > > Every class can be extended, does that mean they can't be given appropriate > names? A class is not a record. This brief conversation already convinced me that "record" is a bad name for the proposed construct. Stefan Krah _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
