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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst4
-rw-r--r--Lib/collections/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_collections.py12
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-03-16-13-40-59.bpo-36321.s6crQx.rst5
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index daa741428a..64de970fec 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -953,14 +953,14 @@ field names, the method and attribute names start with an underscore.
>>> Pixel(11, 22, 128, 255, 0)
Pixel(x=11, y=22, red=128, green=255, blue=0)
-.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._fields_defaults
+.. attribute:: somenamedtuple._field_defaults
Dictionary mapping field names to default values.
.. doctest::
>>> Account = namedtuple('Account', ['type', 'balance'], defaults=[0])
- >>> Account._fields_defaults
+ >>> Account._field_defaults
{'balance': 0}
>>> Account('premium')
Account(type='premium', balance=0)
diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index 632a509d31..cff75a48d6 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, *, rename=False, defaults=None, module=Non
'__doc__': f'{typename}({arg_list})',
'__slots__': (),
'_fields': field_names,
+ '_field_defaults': field_defaults,
+ # alternate spelling for backward compatiblity
'_fields_defaults': field_defaults,
'__new__': __new__,
'_make': _make,
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index dad1b6cd7f..1f619bcdac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -248,18 +248,18 @@ class TestNamedTuple(unittest.TestCase):
def test_defaults(self):
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=(10, 20)) # 2 defaults
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
self.assertEqual(Point(1, 2), (1, 2))
self.assertEqual(Point(1), (1, 20))
self.assertEqual(Point(), (10, 20))
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=(20,)) # 1 default
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {'y': 20})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {'y': 20})
self.assertEqual(Point(1, 2), (1, 2))
self.assertEqual(Point(1), (1, 20))
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=()) # 0 defaults
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {})
self.assertEqual(Point(1, 2), (1, 2))
with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
Point(1)
@@ -276,21 +276,21 @@ class TestNamedTuple(unittest.TestCase):
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=False)
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=None) # default is None
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {})
self.assertIsNone(Point.__new__.__defaults__, None)
self.assertEqual(Point(10, 20), (10, 20))
with self.assertRaises(TypeError): # catch too few args
Point(10)
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=[10, 20]) # allow non-tuple iterable
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
self.assertEqual(Point.__new__.__defaults__, (10, 20))
self.assertEqual(Point(1, 2), (1, 2))
self.assertEqual(Point(1), (1, 20))
self.assertEqual(Point(), (10, 20))
Point = namedtuple('Point', 'x y', defaults=iter([10, 20])) # allow plain iterator
- self.assertEqual(Point._fields_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
+ self.assertEqual(Point._field_defaults, {'x': 10, 'y': 20})
self.assertEqual(Point.__new__.__defaults__, (10, 20))
self.assertEqual(Point(1, 2), (1, 2))
self.assertEqual(Point(1), (1, 20))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-03-16-13-40-59.bpo-36321.s6crQx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-03-16-13-40-59.bpo-36321.s6crQx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eea6f54184
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-03-16-13-40-59.bpo-36321.s6crQx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+collections.namedtuple() misspelled the name of an attribute. To be
+consistent with typing.NamedTuple, the attribute name should have been
+"_field_defaults" instead of "_fields_defaults". For backwards
+compatibility, both spellings are now created. The misspelled version may
+be removed in the future.