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Raymond Hettinger Explains Python Dataclasses

PyCon 2018 · Talk · YouTube title: Raymond Hettinger - Dataclasses: The code generator to end all code generators - PyCon 2018
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as an approachable talk from a respected Python core developer on dataclasses.

What it covers

Raymond Hettinger explains Python's dataclasses module, showing the problem it solves and its key design decisions. He places it in a progression from tuples and dicts through named tuples and attrs.