bpo-32929: Dataclasses: Change the tri-state hash parameter to the boolean unsafe_hash. (#5891)
unsafe_hash=False is now the default. It is the same behavior as the old hash=None parameter. unsafe_hash=True will try to add __hash__. If it already exists, TypeError is raised.
diff --git a/Lib/dataclasses.py b/Lib/dataclasses.py
index fb279cd..db92b10 100644
--- a/Lib/dataclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/dataclasses.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
# Conditions for adding methods. The boxes indicate what action the
# dataclass decorator takes. For all of these tables, when I talk
-# about init=, repr=, eq=, order=, hash=, or frozen=, I'm referring
-# to the arguments to the @dataclass decorator. When checking if a
-# dunder method already exists, I mean check for an entry in the
-# class's __dict__. I never check to see if an attribute is defined
-# in a base class.
+# about init=, repr=, eq=, order=, unsafe_hash=, or frozen=, I'm
+# referring to the arguments to the @dataclass decorator. When
+# checking if a dunder method already exists, I mean check for an
+# entry in the class's __dict__. I never check to see if an
+# attribute is defined in a base class.
# Key:
# +=========+=========================================+
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
# +---------+-----------------------------------------+
# | add | Generated method is added. |
# +---------+-----------------------------------------+
-# | add* | Generated method is added only if the |
-# | | existing attribute is None and if the |
-# | | user supplied a __eq__ method in the |
-# | | class definition. |
-# +---------+-----------------------------------------+
# | raise | TypeError is raised. |
# +---------+-----------------------------------------+
# | None | Attribute is set to None. |
@@ -115,43 +110,36 @@
# __hash__
-# +------------------- hash= parameter
-# | +----------- eq= parameter
-# | | +--- frozen= parameter
-# | | |
-# v v v | | |
-# | no | yes | <--- class has __hash__ in __dict__?
-# +=========+=======+=======+========+========+
-# | 1 None | False | False | | | No __eq__, use the base class __hash__
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 2 None | False | True | | | No __eq__, use the base class __hash__
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 3 None | True | False | None | | <-- the default, not hashable
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 4 None | True | True | add | add* | Frozen, so hashable
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 5 False | False | False | | |
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 6 False | False | True | | |
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 7 False | True | False | | |
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 8 False | True | True | | |
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# | 9 True | False | False | add | add* | Has no __eq__, but hashable
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# |10 True | False | True | add | add* | Has no __eq__, but hashable
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# |11 True | True | False | add | add* | Not frozen, but hashable
-# +---------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
-# |12 True | True | True | add | add* | Frozen, so hashable
-# +=========+=======+=======+========+========+
+# +------------------- unsafe_hash= parameter
+# | +----------- eq= parameter
+# | | +--- frozen= parameter
+# | | |
+# v v v | | |
+# | no | yes | <--- class has explicitly defined __hash__
+# +=======+=======+=======+========+========+
+# | False | False | False | | | No __eq__, use the base class __hash__
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | False | False | True | | | No __eq__, use the base class __hash__
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | False | True | False | None | | <-- the default, not hashable
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | False | True | True | add | | Frozen, so hashable, allows override
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | True | False | False | add | raise | Has no __eq__, but hashable
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | True | False | True | add | raise | Has no __eq__, but hashable
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | True | True | False | add | raise | Not frozen, but hashable
+# +-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
+# | True | True | True | add | raise | Frozen, so hashable
+# +=======+=======+=======+========+========+
# For boxes that are blank, __hash__ is untouched and therefore
# inherited from the base class. If the base is object, then
# id-based hashing is used.
# Note that a class may have already __hash__=None if it specified an
# __eq__ method in the class body (not one that was created by
# @dataclass).
+# See _hash_action (below) for a coded version of this table.
# Raised when an attempt is made to modify a frozen class.
@@ -557,7 +545,45 @@
return False
-def _process_class(cls, repr, eq, order, hash, init, frozen):
+# Decide if/how we're going to create a hash function. Key is
+# (unsafe_hash, eq, frozen, does-hash-exist). Value is the action to
+# take.
+# Actions:
+# '': Do nothing.
+# 'none': Set __hash__ to None.
+# 'add': Always add a generated __hash__function.
+# 'exception': Raise an exception.
+#
+# +-------------------------------------- unsafe_hash?
+# | +------------------------------- eq?
+# | | +------------------------ frozen?
+# | | | +---------------- has-explicit-hash?
+# | | | |
+# | | | | +------- action
+# | | | | |
+# v v v v v
+_hash_action = {(False, False, False, False): (''),
+ (False, False, False, True ): (''),
+ (False, False, True, False): (''),
+ (False, False, True, True ): (''),
+ (False, True, False, False): ('none'),
+ (False, True, False, True ): (''),
+ (False, True, True, False): ('add'),
+ (False, True, True, True ): (''),
+ (True, False, False, False): ('add'),
+ (True, False, False, True ): ('exception'),
+ (True, False, True, False): ('add'),
+ (True, False, True, True ): ('exception'),
+ (True, True, False, False): ('add'),
+ (True, True, False, True ): ('exception'),
+ (True, True, True, False): ('add'),
+ (True, True, True, True ): ('exception'),
+ }
+# See https://bugs.python.org/issue32929#msg312829 for an if-statement
+# version of this table.
+
+
+def _process_class(cls, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, init, frozen):
# Now that dicts retain insertion order, there's no reason to use
# an ordered dict. I am leveraging that ordering here, because
# derived class fields overwrite base class fields, but the order
@@ -605,8 +631,14 @@
# be inherited down.
is_frozen = frozen or cls.__setattr__ is _frozen_setattr
- # Was this class defined with an __eq__? Used in __hash__ logic.
- auto_hash_test= '__eq__' in cls.__dict__ and getattr(cls.__dict__, '__hash__', MISSING) is None
+ # Was this class defined with an explicit __hash__? Note that if
+ # __eq__ is defined in this class, then python will automatically
+ # set __hash__ to None. This is a heuristic, as it's possible
+ # that such a __hash__ == None was not auto-generated, but it
+ # close enough.
+ class_hash = cls.__dict__.get('__hash__', MISSING)
+ has_explicit_hash = not (class_hash is MISSING or
+ (class_hash is None and '__eq__' in cls.__dict__))
# If we're generating ordering methods, we must be generating
# the eq methods.
@@ -661,7 +693,7 @@
if _set_new_attribute(cls, name,
_cmp_fn(name, op, self_tuple, other_tuple)):
raise TypeError(f'Cannot overwrite attribute {name} '
- f'in {cls.__name__}. Consider using '
+ f'in class {cls.__name__}. Consider using '
'functools.total_ordering')
if is_frozen:
@@ -669,40 +701,30 @@
('__delattr__', _frozen_delattr)]:
if _set_new_attribute(cls, name, fn):
raise TypeError(f'Cannot overwrite attribute {name} '
- f'in {cls.__name__}')
+ f'in class {cls.__name__}')
# Decide if/how we're going to create a hash function.
- # TODO: Move this table to module scope, so it's not recreated
- # all the time.
- generate_hash = {(None, False, False): ('', ''),
- (None, False, True): ('', ''),
- (None, True, False): ('none', ''),
- (None, True, True): ('fn', 'fn-x'),
- (False, False, False): ('', ''),
- (False, False, True): ('', ''),
- (False, True, False): ('', ''),
- (False, True, True): ('', ''),
- (True, False, False): ('fn', 'fn-x'),
- (True, False, True): ('fn', 'fn-x'),
- (True, True, False): ('fn', 'fn-x'),
- (True, True, True): ('fn', 'fn-x'),
- }[None if hash is None else bool(hash), # Force bool() if not None.
- bool(eq),
- bool(frozen)]['__hash__' in cls.__dict__]
+ hash_action = _hash_action[bool(unsafe_hash),
+ bool(eq),
+ bool(frozen),
+ has_explicit_hash]
+
# No need to call _set_new_attribute here, since we already know if
# we're overwriting a __hash__ or not.
- if generate_hash == '':
+ if hash_action == '':
# Do nothing.
pass
- elif generate_hash == 'none':
+ elif hash_action == 'none':
cls.__hash__ = None
- elif generate_hash in ('fn', 'fn-x'):
- if generate_hash == 'fn' or auto_hash_test:
- flds = [f for f in field_list
- if (f.compare if f.hash is None else f.hash)]
- cls.__hash__ = _hash_fn(flds)
+ elif hash_action == 'add':
+ flds = [f for f in field_list if (f.compare if f.hash is None else f.hash)]
+ cls.__hash__ = _hash_fn(flds)
+ elif hash_action == 'exception':
+ # Raise an exception.
+ raise TypeError(f'Cannot overwrite attribute __hash__ '
+ f'in class {cls.__name__}')
else:
- assert False, f"can't get here: {generate_hash}"
+ assert False, f"can't get here: {hash_action}"
if not getattr(cls, '__doc__'):
# Create a class doc-string.
@@ -716,7 +738,7 @@
# underscore. The presence of _cls is used to detect if this
# decorator is being called with parameters or not.
def dataclass(_cls=None, *, init=True, repr=True, eq=True, order=False,
- hash=None, frozen=False):
+ unsafe_hash=None, frozen=False):
"""Returns the same class as was passed in, with dunder methods
added based on the fields defined in the class.
@@ -724,13 +746,13 @@
If init is true, an __init__() method is added to the class. If
repr is true, a __repr__() method is added. If order is true, rich
- comparison dunder methods are added. If hash is true, a __hash__()
- method function is added. If frozen is true, fields may not be
- assigned to after instance creation.
+ comparison dunder methods are added. If unsafe_hash is true, a
+ __hash__() method function is added. If frozen is true, fields may
+ not be assigned to after instance creation.
"""
def wrap(cls):
- return _process_class(cls, repr, eq, order, hash, init, frozen)
+ return _process_class(cls, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, init, frozen)
# See if we're being called as @dataclass or @dataclass().
if _cls is None:
@@ -793,6 +815,7 @@
raise TypeError("asdict() should be called on dataclass instances")
return _asdict_inner(obj, dict_factory)
+
def _asdict_inner(obj, dict_factory):
if _is_dataclass_instance(obj):
result = []
@@ -832,6 +855,7 @@
raise TypeError("astuple() should be called on dataclass instances")
return _astuple_inner(obj, tuple_factory)
+
def _astuple_inner(obj, tuple_factory):
if _is_dataclass_instance(obj):
result = []
@@ -849,7 +873,8 @@
def make_dataclass(cls_name, fields, *, bases=(), namespace=None, init=True,
- repr=True, eq=True, order=False, hash=None, frozen=False):
+ repr=True, eq=True, order=False, unsafe_hash=None,
+ frozen=False):
"""Return a new dynamically created dataclass.
The dataclass name will be 'cls_name'. 'fields' is an iterable
@@ -869,7 +894,7 @@
For the bases and namespace parameters, see the builtin type() function.
- The parameters init, repr, eq, order, hash, and frozen are passed to
+ The parameters init, repr, eq, order, unsafe_hash, and frozen are passed to
dataclass().
"""
@@ -894,7 +919,8 @@
namespace['__annotations__'] = anns
cls = type(cls_name, bases, namespace)
return dataclass(cls, init=init, repr=repr, eq=eq, order=order,
- hash=hash, frozen=frozen)
+ unsafe_hash=unsafe_hash, frozen=frozen)
+
def replace(obj, **changes):
"""Return a new object replacing specified fields with new values.