On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So in this case, the vagueness of "data class" is considered a feature > - since it doesn't inherently mean *anything*, folks are more likely > to realise that they need to look up "Python data class", and if I > search for that in a private window, the first Google hit is > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3357581/using-python-class-as-a-data- > container > and the second is Eric's PEP. > I think "data classes" is a fine moniker for this concept. It's ironic that some people dislike "data classes" because these are regular classes, not just for data, while others are proposing alternative names that emphasize the data container aspect. So "data classes" splits the difference, by referring to both data and classes. Let's bikeshed about something else. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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