是否有一种方法可以方便地在Python中定义类c结构?我厌倦了写这样的东西:

class MyStruct():
    def __init__(self, field1, field2, field3):
        self.field1 = field1
        self.field2 = field2
        self.field3 = field3

当前回答

就我个人而言,我也喜欢这种变体。它扩展了@dF的答案。

class struct:
    def __init__(self, *sequential, **named):
        fields = dict(zip(sequential, [None]*len(sequential)), **named)
        self.__dict__.update(fields)
    def __repr__(self):
        return str(self.__dict__)

它支持两种初始化模式(可以混合使用):

# Struct with field1, field2, field3 that are initialized to None.
mystruct1 = struct("field1", "field2", "field3") 
# Struct with field1, field2, field3 that are initialized according to arguments.
mystruct2 = struct(field1=1, field2=2, field3=3)

而且,它打印得更好:

print(mystruct2)
# Prints: {'field3': 3, 'field1': 1, 'field2': 2}

其他回答

每当我需要一个“行为像字典一样的即时数据对象”(我不会想到C结构体!),我就会想到这个可爱的hack:

class Map(dict):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(Map, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.__dict__ = self

现在你可以说:

struct = Map(field1='foo', field2='bar', field3=42)

self.assertEquals('bar', struct.field2)
self.assertEquals(42, struct['field3'])

当你需要一个“不是类的数据包”的时候,非常方便,当命名元组是不可理解的……

一本字典怎么样?

就像这样:

myStruct = {'field1': 'some val', 'field2': 'some val'}

然后你可以使用这个来操作值:

print myStruct['field1']
myStruct['field2'] = 'some other values'

值不一定是字符串。它们可以是其他任何物体。

下面结构的解决方案是受namedtuple实现和前面一些答案的启发。然而,与namedtuple不同的是,它的值是可变的,但就像c风格的结构体在名称/属性中是不可变的,而普通的类或dict不是。

_class_template = """\
class {typename}:
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    fields = {field_names!r}

    for x in fields:
        setattr(self, x, None)            

    for name, value in zip(fields, args):
        setattr(self, name, value)

    for name, value in kwargs.items():
        setattr(self, name, value)            

def __repr__(self):
    return str(vars(self))

def __setattr__(self, name, value):
    if name not in {field_names!r}:
        raise KeyError("invalid name: %s" % name)
    object.__setattr__(self, name, value)            
"""

def struct(typename, field_names):

    class_definition = _class_template.format(
        typename = typename,
        field_names = field_names)

    namespace = dict(__name__='struct_%s' % typename)
    exec(class_definition, namespace)
    result = namespace[typename]
    result._source = class_definition

    return result

用法:

Person = struct('Person', ['firstname','lastname'])
generic = Person()
michael = Person('Michael')
jones = Person(lastname = 'Jones')


In [168]: michael.middlename = 'ben'
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<ipython-input-168-b31c393c0d67>", line 1, in <module>
michael.middlename = 'ben'

  File "<string>", line 19, in __setattr__

KeyError: 'invalid name: middlename'

你可以用元组来做很多你在C语言中使用结构体的事情(比如x,y坐标或RGB颜色)。

对于其他任何东西,你可以使用字典,或像这样的实用程序类:

>>> class Bunch:
...     def __init__(self, **kwds):
...         self.__dict__.update(kwds)
...
>>> mystruct = Bunch(field1=value1, field2=value2)

我认为“权威”的讨论在这里,在Python Cookbook的出版版本中。

我认为Python结构字典适合这个需求。

d = dict{}
d[field1] = field1
d[field2] = field2
d[field2] = field3