[Python-Dev] Py2.6 ideas

[Fuzzyman]

Michele Simionato wrote:

>Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger <at> verizon.net> writes:
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>>* Add a pure python named_tuple class to the collections module.  I've been 
>>using the class for about a year and found that it greatly improves the 
>>usability of tuples as records. 
>>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/500261
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>4. I want help(MyNamedTuple) to work well; in particular it should
>   display the right module name. That means
>   that in the m dictionary you should add a __module__ attribute:
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>    __module__ = sys._getframe(1).f_globals['__name__']
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Hello all,

If this is being considered for inclusion in the standard library, using _getframe' hackery will guarantee that it doesn't work with alternative implementations of Python (like IronPython at least which doesn't have Python stack frames).

At least wrapping it in a try/except would be helpful.

All the best,

Michael Foord