Expose the namedtuple source with a _source attribute.
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 411d5f6..e531d40 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@
converted to ``['abc', '_1', 'ghi', '_3']``, eliminating the keyword
``def`` and the duplicate fieldname ``abc``.
- If *verbose* is true, the class definition is printed just before being built.
+ If *verbose* is true, the class definition is printed after it is
+ built. This option is outdated; instead, it is simpler to print the
+ :attr:`_source` attribute.
Named tuple instances do not have per-instance dictionaries, so they are
lightweight and require no more memory than regular tuples.
@@ -708,52 +710,6 @@
>>> # Basic example
>>> Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'])
- >>> p = Point(x=10, y=11)
-
- >>> # Example using the verbose option to print the class definition
- >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'], verbose=True)
- class Point(tuple):
- 'Point(x, y)'
- <BLANKLINE>
- __slots__ = ()
- <BLANKLINE>
- _fields = ('x', 'y')
- <BLANKLINE>
- def __new__(_cls, x, y):
- 'Create a new instance of Point(x, y)'
- return _tuple.__new__(_cls, (x, y))
- <BLANKLINE>
- @classmethod
- def _make(cls, iterable, new=tuple.__new__, len=len):
- 'Make a new Point object from a sequence or iterable'
- result = new(cls, iterable)
- if len(result) != 2:
- raise TypeError('Expected 2 arguments, got %d' % len(result))
- return result
- <BLANKLINE>
- def __repr__(self):
- 'Return a nicely formatted representation string'
- return self.__class__.__name__ + '(x=%r, y=%r)' % self
- <BLANKLINE>
- def _asdict(self):
- 'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
- return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self))
- <BLANKLINE>
- def _replace(_self, **kwds):
- 'Return a new Point object replacing specified fields with new values'
- result = _self._make(map(kwds.pop, ('x', 'y'), _self))
- if kwds:
- raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %r' % list(kwds))
- return result
- <BLANKLINE>
- def __getnewargs__(self):
- 'Return self as a plain tuple. Used by copy and pickle.'
- return tuple(self)
- <BLANKLINE>
- x = _property(_itemgetter(0), doc='Alias for field number 0')
- <BLANKLINE>
- y = _property(_itemgetter(1), doc='Alias for field number 1')
-
>>> p = Point(11, y=22) # instantiate with positional or keyword arguments
>>> p[0] + p[1] # indexable like the plain tuple (11, 22)
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@@ -782,7 +738,7 @@
print(emp.name, emp.title)
In addition to the methods inherited from tuples, named tuples support
-three additional methods and one attribute. To prevent conflicts with
+three additional methods and two attributes. To prevent conflicts with
field names, the method and attribute names start with an underscore.
.. classmethod:: somenamedtuple._make(iterable)
@@ -820,6 +776,15 @@
>>> for partnum, record in inventory.items():
... inventory[partnum] = record._replace(price=newprices[partnum], timestamp=time.now())
+.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._source
+
+ A string with the pure Python source code used to create the named
+ tuple class. The source makes the named tuple self-documenting.
+ It can be printed, executed using :func:`exec`, or saved to a file
+ and imported.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._fields
Tuple of strings listing the field names. Useful for introspection