[Python-ideas] Proposal to add new built-in struct (was: Add kwargs to built-in function object)

[Georg Brandl]

Greg Ewing schrieb:
> Brandon Mintern wrote:
>> This is a proposal to add a new built-in named struct:
>> 
>> struct(**kwargs)
>>     Return a struct object which has the attributes given in kwargs.
> 
> I think I'd prefer 'record', to avoid any potential
> confusion with the struct module, which does something
> quite different.
> 
> Also, my Pascal background makes the term 'record'
> seem more high-level and therefore Pythonic to me.

In the past, people have also suggested 'namespace' for the same
concept.

Georg


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