New submission from Barry A. Warsaw <ba...@python.org>:
In reading over the new dataclasses documentation, I'm unsure what the `init`
flag is used for, given that:
* If you already have a __init__(), then dataclasses won't add one
* If you don't have a __init__(), why wouldn't you want dataclasses to add one?
Without that, how do your attributes get initialized?
If there is a valid use case for `init`, I'm happy to add it to the
documentation. If there isn't, can we call YAGNI and remove the flag?
I'm mildly of the same opinion with `repr` but I can see some value in wanting
to defer to object.__repr__(). OTOH, it should be pretty easy to just write:
@dataclass
class Foo:
def __repr__(self):
return super.__repr__()
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assignee: eric.smith
messages: 316812
nosy: barry, eric.smith, gvanrossum
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Remove `init` flag from @dataclass?
versions: Python 3.7, Python 3.8
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