Namedtuple like class

Question

I find myself writing this class often in my python code when I need a quick single use class.

class Struct(object):
   def __init__( self, **kwargs ):
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Answer 1

What you have is a perfectly reasonable prototype, but you're right that it doesn't scale.

If you like using them, but want to have a path to better code later, here's what I'd suggest:

• every time you do that, subclass Structure:

  class Control(Structure): pass

• later, when you want a "real" class, replace the superclass with something like strongbox.Strongbox (example usage) that provides that same constructor and attribute interface, but constrains which slots you can fill in.

A discipline like this only costs you one extra line up front, and won't break your code if you want more power later.