using `map` to construct multiple named tuples
<p>Suppose I have a namedtuple like</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; Point = namedtuple('Point','x y')
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<p>Why is it that I construct a single object via</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; Point(3,4)
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<p>yet when I want to apply Point via map, I have to call</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; map(Point._make,[(3,4),(5,6)])
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<p>I suspect this has something to do with classmethods, perhaps, and am hoping that in figuring this out I'll learn more about them as well. Thanks in advance.</p>
