Description
One often encounters the following situation(s):
- I want to represent my data,
- I want to read/write, load/dump or somehow get/save data,
- I want to iterate over data.
Instead of inventing a completely new class that provides required functionality, it may make sense to mimic or subclass an already existing collection, e.g. a dict, add custom dunder (double underscore) methods and quickly end up with a container that not only serves your purpose but is also very natural to use.
After a short introduction in which we clarify some notions, we focus on two sample use cases:
- How to extend a tuple to represent data?
- How to implement a dict-like container for data handling?
Throughout the talk we will discover some of the most often needed dunder methods that define a container's behaviour.