Python syntax for namedtuple

Question

I see that the Python syntax for a namedtuple is:

Point = namedtuple(\'Point\', [\'x\', \'y\'])

Why isn\'t it simpler like so:

Answer 1

The class should have a name and know it. And it doesn't see the variable you assign it to, so it can't use that. Plus you could call it something else or even nothing at all:

c = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'])
do_something_with_this(namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y']))

Speaking of simpler syntax, you can also write it like this:

namedtuple('Point', 'x y')