method which lists the tuple contents in a ``name=value`` format.
The *fieldnames* are a single string with each fieldname separated by whitespace
- and/or commas (for example 'x y' or 'x, y'). Alternatively, the *fieldnames*
- can be specified with a sequence of strings (such as ['x', 'y']).
+ and/or commas (for example 'x y' or 'x, y'). Alternatively, *fieldnames*
+ can be a sequence of strings (such as ['x', 'y']).
Any valid Python identifier may be used for a fieldname except for names
starting with an underscore. Valid identifiers consist of letters, digits,
.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._fields
- Tuple of strings listing the field names. This is useful for introspection
+ Tuple of strings listing the field names. Useful for introspection
and for creating new named tuple types from existing named tuples.
::
>>> getattr(p, 'x')
11
-When casting a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
+To cast a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
>>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
>>> Point(**d)
Point: x= 1.286 y= 6.000 hypot= 6.136
Another use for subclassing is to replace performance critcal methods with
-faster versions that bypass error-checking and localize variable access::
+faster versions that bypass error-checking and that localize variable access::
>>> class Point(namedtuple('Point', 'x y')):
_make = classmethod(tuple.__new__)