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attrs: Python attributes without boilerplate.
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``attrs`` is an `MIT <http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/>`_-licensed Python package with class decorators that ease the chores of implementing the most common attribute-related object protocols:
.. code-block:: pycon
>>> import attr
>>> @attr.s
... class C(object):
... x = attr.a(default_value=42)
... y = attr.a(default_factory=list)
>>> i = C(x=1, y=2)
>>> i
<C(x=1, y=2)>
>>> i == C(1, 2)
True
>>> i != C(2, 1)
True
>>> attr.to_dict(i)
{'y': 2, 'x': 1}
>>> C()
<C(x=42, y=[])>
You just specify the attributes to work with and ``attrs`` gives you:
- a nice human-readable ``__repr__``,
- a complete set of comparison methods,
- and an initializer
*without* writing dull boilerplate code again and again.
This gives you the power to use actual classes with actual types in your code instead of confusing ``tuple``\ s or confusingly behaving ``namedtuple``\ s.
So put down that type-less data structures and welcome some class into your life!
``attrs``\ s documentation lives at `Read the Docs <https://attrs.readthedocs.org/>`_, the code on `GitHub <https://github.com/hynek/attrs>`_.
Its rigorously tested on Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3+, and PyPy.