[Python-Dev] Concerns about method overriding and subclassing with dataclasses

Nathaniel Smith njs at pobox.com
Fri Dec 29 19:38:44 EST 2017


On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Good point.  So auto-generate a new __repr__ if:
>
> - one is not provided, and
> - existing __repr__ is either:
>   - object.__repr__, or
>   - a previous dataclass __repr__
>
> And if the auto default doesn't work for one's use-case, use the keyword
> parameter to specify what you want.

What does attrs do here?

-n

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