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It kinda works but does not know how to print itself out myStruct Out[5]: __main__.myStruct

WestCoastProjects
– WestCoastProjects

2020-12-20 16:40:48 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2020 at 16:40
And why wouldn't you instantiate the class? What if one wants to use the same struct for different values? s1 = myStruct; s2 = myStruct; s1.field1 = "two" modifies s2. It depends on the use-case, but I think it's generally better/safer to actually instantiate the struct: s1 myStruct(); s2 = myStruct()

normanius
– normanius

2020-12-20 17:52:48 +00:00
Commented Dec 20, 2020 at 17:52
@StephenBoesch Yes, this is a very basic approach. I use this sometimes for ad-hoc scripts because it is simple to type, but for code which needs more functionality, I would use a more full-fledged solution like data classes.

jochen
– jochen

2020-12-26 13:45:04 +00:00
Commented Dec 26, 2020 at 13:45
@normanius Sure, if you need to copy your "structs", you need to be more clever and I agree that instantiating can create copies for you, if needed.

jochen
– jochen

2020-12-26 13:46:48 +00:00
Commented Dec 26, 2020 at 13:46

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