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Came accross namedtuples in python documentation, and it seems to be a very important feature.
it helps to access fields by name instead of just index i think.
my question is; How relevant is this feature? and how often do u use it in your code?

I don't use it as often as I thought I'd use it when it was first released.
I think that's because of the restrictions of the feature, namely:
1) You must know all the fields of the namedtuples before creating the type. Advantage: dict.
2) You can't update the elements of a namedtuple. Advantage: class.

This seems pretty relevant: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2970608/what-are-named-tuples-in-python

Seun: I don't use it as often as I thought I'd use it when it was first released.
I think that's because of the restrictions of the feature, namely:
1) You must know all the fields of the namedtuples before creating the type. Advantage: dict.
2) You can't update the elements of a namedtuple. Advantage: class.

thats exactly what i wanted to find out, i taught it would be a very important and neccessary feature to always implement in writing codes. thanks for your view anyways

ekt_bear: This seems pretty relevant: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2970608/what-are-named-tuples-in-python

yea, came across this...just wanted to know how often its being used by the programmers themselves

Well, They aint Totally useless per say... Tuples can be used when Dealing with for Eg months, Dates in a year which is always Constant...
The Disadvantage as Mr Seun pointed out is that the Values aint Mutable..
Lists and Dictionaries are used more often due to Their mutable nature...
Well just started Learning python 2days ago..
My Humble 2cents...

kodebin: Well, They aint Totally useless per say... Tuples can be used when Dealing with for Eg months, Dates in a year which is always Constant...
The Disadvantage as Mr Seun pointed out is that the Values aint Mutable..
Lists and Dictionaries are used more often due to Their mutable nature...
Well just started Learning python 2days ago..
My Humble 2cents...

nop...was referring to namedtuples not normal [url=docs.python.org/release/1.5.1p1/tut/tuples.html]tuples[/url]...but ur 2cents has been collected tho
am also new to the python scene too...but its been a blast