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class Point():
def __init__(self, x, y, z):
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.z = z
__eq__
__repr__
def __eq__(self, other):
if type(other) == LongPoint:
return (self.x == other.x and self.y == other.y and
self.z == other.z)
return False
def __repr__(self) -> str:
return "Point("+str(self.x)+", "+str(self.y) + ",
"+str(self.z)+")"
__ge__
__gt__ __le__ __lt__ __hash__
@dataclass
from dataclasses import dataclass
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@dataclass
class Point():
x : int
y : int
z : int
__init__
__eq__ __repr__
>>> p = Point(1,2,3)
>>> print(p)
Point(x=1, y=2, z=3)
@dataclass
class Point():
# non-optional parameters
x : int
y : int
# optional parameters
z : int = 0
field
dataclasses
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@dataclass
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class User():
id : str
name : str = field(default = "unknown")
subscribed: list = field(default_factory=list)
"unknown"
list()
__init__ __repr__ __eq__
@dataclass
class User():
id : int
name : str
email : str
@dataclass(eq = False)
class User2():
id : int
name : str
email : str
def __eq__(self, o: object) -> bool:
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if type(o) == User2:
return self.id == o.id and self.name == o.name and
self.email == o.email
return False
eq=False __eq__
id name
email field()
@dataclass
class User():
id : int
name : str
email : str = field(compare=False)
email
False
True __lt__ __le__ __gt__
__ge__ < <= > >=
@dataclass(order = True)
class User():
id : int
name : str
email : str
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id
name email
__gt__
def __gt__(self, o):
if type(o) != User:
raise TypeError
return self.id > self.id or
(self.id == o.id and self.name > o.name) or
(self.id == o.id and self.name == o.name and
self.email > o.email)
@dataclass(order=True)
class User():
id : int
name : str
email : str = field(compare=False)# The email will not
be compared
False
True __hash__
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eq=True frozen=True
dataclasses
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