Python: Quick and dirty datatypes (DTO)
<p>Very often, I find myself coding trivial datatypes like</p>

<pre><code>def Pruefer:
    def __init__(self, ident, maxNum=float('inf'), name=""):
        self.ident  = ident
        self.maxNum = maxNum
        self.name   = name
</code></pre>

<p>While this is very useful (Clearly I don't want to replace the above with anonymous 3-tuples), it's also very boilerplate. Now for example, when I want to use the class in a dict, I have to add more boilerplate like</p>

<pre><code>    def __hash__(self):
        return hash(self.ident, self.maxNum, self.name)
</code></pre>

<p>I admit that it might be difficult to recognize a general pattern amongst all my boilerplate classes, but nevertheless I'd like to as this question: ** Are there any
popular idioms in python to derive quick and dirty datatypes with named accessors? ** Or maybe if there are not, maybe a Python guru might want to show off some metaclass hacking or class factory to make my life easier?</p>
