Time for an 2014 update…

Task/Compound-data-type/Python/compound-data-type-4.py

@@ -1,27 +1 @@
->>> from collections import namedtuple
->>> help(namedtuple)
-Help on function namedtuple in module collections:
-
-namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False)
-    Returns a new subclass of tuple with named fields.
-
-    >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
-    >>> Point.__doc__                   # docstring for the new class
-    'Point(x, y)'
-    >>> p = Point(11, y=22)             # instantiate with positional args or keywords
-    >>> p[0] + p[1]                     # indexable like a plain tuple
-    33
-    >>> x, y = p                        # unpack like a regular tuple
-    >>> x, y
-    (11, 22)
-    >>> p.x + p.y                       # fields also accessable by name
-    33
-    >>> d = p._asdict()                 # convert to a dictionary
-    >>> d['x']
-    11
-    >>> Point(**d)                      # convert from a dictionary
-    Point(x=11, y=22)
-    >>> p._replace(x=100)               # _replace() is like str.replace() but targets named fields
-    Point(x=100, y=22)
-
->>>
+pseudo_object = {'x': 1, 'y': 2}

Task/Compound-data-type/Python/compound-data-type-5.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+>>> from collections import namedtuple
+>>> help(namedtuple)
+Help on function namedtuple in module collections:
+
+namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False)
+    Returns a new subclass of tuple with named fields.
+
+    >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y')
+    >>> Point.__doc__                   # docstring for the new class
+    'Point(x, y)'
+    >>> p = Point(11, y=22)             # instantiate with positional args or keywords
+    >>> p[0] + p[1]                     # indexable like a plain tuple
+    33
+    >>> x, y = p                        # unpack like a regular tuple
+    >>> x, y
+    (11, 22)
+    >>> p.x + p.y                       # fields also accessable by name
+    33
+    >>> d = p._asdict()                 # convert to a dictionary
+    >>> d['x']
+    11
+    >>> Point(**d)                      # convert from a dictionary
+    Point(x=11, y=22)
+    >>> p._replace(x=100)               # _replace() is like str.replace() but targets named fields
+    Point(x=100, y=22)
+
+>>>