Existence of mutable named tuple in Python?

Question

Can anyone amend namedtuple or provide an alternative class so that it works for mutable objects?

Primarily for readability, I would like something similar to namedt

Answer 1

Tuples are by definition immutable.

You can however make a dictionary subclass where you can access the attributes with dot-notation;

In [1]: %cpaste
Pasting code; enter '--' alone on the line to stop or use Ctrl-D.
:class AttrDict(dict):
:
:    def __getattr__(self, name):
:        return self[name]
:
:    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
:        self[name] = value
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In [2]: test = AttrDict()

In [3]: test.a = 1

In [4]: test.b = True

In [5]: test
Out[5]: {'a': 1, 'b': True}