__setitem__ implementation in Python for Point(x,y) class

Question

I\'m trying to make a Point class in python. I already have some of the functions, like __ str__ , or __ getitem__ implemented, and it works great. The only problem I\'m fac

Answer 1

Your may find it a lot easier to use namedtuple for this:

 from collections import namedtuple
 Point= namedtuple('Point', ['x','y'])

 fred = Point (1.0, -1.0)
 #Result: Point(x=1.0, y=-1.0)

The main drawback is that you can't poke values into a namedtuple - it's immutable. In most applications that's a feature, not a bug