In <mailman.1018.1269125666.23598.python-l...@python.org> Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> writes:
>On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:15 PM, kj <no.em...@please.post> wrote: >> I need to create a class solely for the purpose of encapsulating >> a large number of disparate data items. =C2=A0At the moment I have no >> plans for any methods for this class other than the bazillion >> accessors required to access these various instance variables. >> (In case it matters, this class is meant to be a private helper >> class internal to a module, and it won't be subclassed.) >If it's just a completely dumb struct-like class, you might consider >something like: >http://docs.python.org/library/collections.html#collections.namedtuple Very cool. Thanks! The class I have in mind is *almost* that dumb, but performance is a consideration in this case, which may rule out namedtuple. But I'm glad to learn about it; there are many places where I can put them to good use. ~K -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
