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

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'

其他回答

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'

我在这里没有看到这个答案,所以我想我将添加它,因为我现在正在学习Python,并且刚刚发现它。Python教程(在本例中是Python 2)给出了以下简单而有效的示例:

class Employee:
    pass

john = Employee()  # Create an empty employee record

# Fill the fields of the record
john.name = 'John Doe'
john.dept = 'computer lab'
john.salary = 1000

也就是说,创建一个空类对象,然后实例化,动态添加字段。

这样做的好处是非常简单。缺点是它不是特别自记录的(在类“定义”中没有列出预期的成员),并且未设置字段在访问时可能会导致问题。这两个问题可以通过以下方法解决:

class Employee:
    def __init__ (self):
        self.name = None # or whatever
        self.dept = None
        self.salary = None

现在,您至少可以一目了然地看到程序将期望哪些字段。

两者都很容易打错别字,约翰。Slarly = 1000将成功。不过,它还是有效的。

我还想添加一个使用插槽的解决方案:

class Point:
    __slots__ = ["x", "y"]
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

Definitely check the documentation for slots but a quick explanation of slots is that it is python's way of saying: "If you can lock these attributes and only these attributes into the class such that you commit that you will not add any new attributes once the class is instantiated (yes you can add new attributes to a class instance, see example below) then I will do away with the large memory allocation that allows for adding new attributes to a class instance and use just what I need for these slotted attributes".

添加属性到类实例的例子(因此不使用插槽):

class Point:
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

p1 = Point(3,5)
p1.z = 8
print(p1.z)

输出:8

尝试向使用插槽的类实例添加属性的示例:

class Point:
    __slots__ = ["x", "y"]
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

p1 = Point(3,5)
p1.z = 8

'Point'对象没有属性'z'

这可以有效地作为结构体工作,并且比类使用更少的内存(就像结构体一样,尽管我没有研究具体有多少内存)。如果要创建对象的大量实例且不需要添加属性,建议使用slot。点对象就是一个很好的例子,因为很可能会实例化许多点来描述一个数据集。

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……