Python Lists vs. Tuples

Re:Python Lists vs. Tuples by sago on Friday August 19, 2016 @08:11PM (#12324382)

First para: I think maybe you're confusing 'class' with inheritance from 'object'. A good tip is to do:

    class Foo(namedtuple('Foo', (...)):
        def __repr__(self):
            ...

Your 'Foo' gets ordering, hashing, comparison, because it derives from 'namedtuple'. It gets '__repr__' too, but in the example I'm overriding that.

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Re:Python Lists vs. Tuples by throwaway274739 on Saturday August 20, 2016 @05:58AM (#12325903)

I would also add

    __slots__ = ()

to your class definition so that instances of Foo keep the small memory footprint benefits do namedtuple.

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