Users of namedtuple: do you use the _source attribute?

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Mon Jul 17 16:12:48 EDT 2017


Steve D'Aprano <steve+python at pearwood.info> writes:

> collections.namedtuple generates a new class using exec, and records
> the source code for the class as a _source attribute.

The documentation tells me that ‘_source’ is “New in version 3.3.”

I wasn't aware that the ‘namedtuple’ interface had changed since it was
introduced, so:

> Is there anyone here who uses the namedtuple _source attribute?

Not me.

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