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Raymond Hettinger - Dataclasses: The code generator to end all code generators - PyCon 2018

PyCon 2018 · talk · Watch on YouTube

Python, Ruby & scripting languages

What it is

Raymond Hettinger explains Python's dataclasses module, showing the problem it solves and its key design decisions. He places it in a progression from tuples and dicts through named tuples and attrs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an approachable talk from a respected Python core developer on dataclasses.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Dataclasses: The code generator to end all code generator”

    Hettinger's PyCon talk on dataclasses as a code generator

    sn9, 2018-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best talks of 2018?”

  2. “Raymond Hettinger's talks are great.”

    Approachable Hettinger talk on dataclasses making Python better at records

    kzrdude, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Writing Pythonic Rust”

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Topics: python, dataclasses, raymond hettinger, code generation, attrs

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