Yes Python code is often crying out for names better than [0] and [1]. And the big problem with namedtuples is that definition is so heavyweight - requires a n

Yes Python code is often crying out for names better than [0] and [1]. And the big problem with namedtuples is that definition is so heavyweight - requires a new line of code, a new class object, picking the scope for that class (top-level means you have to keep track of your nonlocal definition), and namedtuples often block pickling. I use argparse.Namespace but it has some memory issues namedtuple was invented to solve. You can use a pandas series which has advantages, esp with many similar objs, but brings a new dependency and has some of the definitional problems. Python is crying out for a lightweight namedtuple for this purpose.