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Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) by aix1 on Friday December 24, 2021 @04:16PM (#29677802)
Named tuples have been around for a long time (since 2.6), whereas dataclasses are a relatively recent addition to the standard library (3.7).

Their differences are highlighted in the dataclasses PEP: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#why-not-just-use-n...

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Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) by nsonha on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:31PM (#29678402)
looks like the key thing is immutability
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Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) by aix1 on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:36PM (#29678440)
To clarify, both named tuples and dataclasses can be immutable (the former are always immutable and the latter can be made immutable with `frozen=True`).

There is no way, however, to make a named tuple mutable.

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Re:Attrs – the Python library everyone needs (2016) by dreamofkoholint on Friday December 24, 2021 @09:43PM (#29679874)
Key thing for me was the ability to add type hinting
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