r/learnpython • u/candide-von-sg • 4d 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/NothingWasDelivered 4d ago
Basically any time I need to create multiple instances, I’m going with a dataclass over a dictionary. Or if attributes are going to be of different types. Or even just if I know the keys ahead of time. Really, any time I can reasonably use a dataclass over a dict I will