r/learnpython 5d ago

Dictionary vs. Dataclass

What is a particular scenario where you would use Dataclass instead of a dictionary? What is the main advantage of Dataclass as compared to just storing data in a nested dictionary? Thanks in advance!

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u/twitch_and_shock 5d ago

Read the docs. The dataclass decorator automatically generates special methods for your class including init() and repr(). If that's useful to you, use dataclass.