From: Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:17:16 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Mention types.SimpleNamespace in collections.namedtuple doc
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Mention types.SimpleNamespace in collections.namedtuple doc

Issue #26805.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 728cd485a1..37d9e003cb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ they add the ability to access fields by name instead of position index.
     Named tuple instances do not have per-instance dictionaries, so they are
     lightweight and require no more memory than regular tuples.
 
+    For simple uses, where the only requirement is to be able to refer to a set
+    of values by name using attribute-style access, the
+    :class:`types.SimpleNamespace` type can be a suitable alternative to using
+    a namedtuple.
+
     .. versionchanged:: 3.1
         Added support for *rename*.