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Named tuples have been around for a long time (since 2.6), whereas dataclasses are a relatively recent addition to the standard library (3.7). Their difference

• nsonha 5y ago
  looks like the key thing is immutability
  • aix1 5y ago
    To clarify, both named tuples and dataclasses can be immutable (the former are always immutable and the latter can be made immutable with `frozen=True`). There is no way, however, to make a named tuple mutable.
  • dreamofkoholint 5y ago
    Key thing for me was the ability to add type hinting