Inner class with namedtuple ()

Question

I am trying to use collections.namedtupleto convert a dictionary to a python object.

import Zabbix

class Foo:

  def bar(self):
    collections.namedtuple('Zabbix.Request',['b','c'])

leading to a

ValueError: Type names and field names must be valid identifiers: 'Zabbix.Request'

My simple fix was to simply extend the inner class inside Foo

import Zabbix

class Foo:

  class Request(Zabbix.Request):
    pass

  def bar(self):
    collections.namedtuple('Request',['b','c'])

Is there a better way? Python 3.4 is currently in use

Answer 1

You cannot specify a type Zabbix.Requestbecause this syntax is not valid (for example, class Zabbix.Request:). Therefore, you also cannot create namedtuplewith this name.

: namedtuple Request . , Request .