虽然我从来都不需要这样做,但我突然意识到用Python创建一个不可变对象可能有点棘手。你不能只是覆盖__setattr__,因为这样你甚至不能在__init__中设置属性。子类化一个元组是一个有效的技巧:

class Immutable(tuple):
    
    def __new__(cls, a, b):
        return tuple.__new__(cls, (a, b))

    @property
    def a(self):
        return self[0]
        
    @property
    def b(self):
        return self[1]

    def __str__(self):
        return "<Immutable {0}, {1}>".format(self.a, self.b)
    
    def __setattr__(self, *ignored):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def __delattr__(self, *ignored):
        raise NotImplementedError

但是你可以通过self[0]和self[1]访问a和b变量,这很烦人。

这在Pure Python中可行吗?如果不是,我该如何用C扩展来做呢?

(只能在python3中工作的答案是可以接受的)。

更新:

从Python 3.7开始,要使用的方法是使用@dataclass装饰器,参见最新接受的答案。


当前回答

这里没有包括的是完全不可变性……不仅仅是父对象,还有所有的子对象。例如,元组/frozensets可能是不可变的,但它所属的对象可能不是。下面是一个小的(不完整的)版本,它在执行不变性方面做得很好:

# Initialize lists
a = [1,2,3]
b = [4,5,6]
c = [7,8,9]

l = [a,b]

# We can reassign in a list 
l[0] = c

# But not a tuple
t = (a,b)
#t[0] = c -> Throws exception
# But elements can be modified
t[0][1] = 4
t
([1, 4, 3], [4, 5, 6])
# Fix it back
t[0][1] = 2

li = ImmutableObject(l)
li
[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]
# Can't assign
#li[0] = c will fail
# Can reference
li[0]
[1, 2, 3]
# But immutability conferred on returned object too
#li[0][1] = 4 will throw an exception

# Full solution should wrap all the comparison e.g. decorators.
# Also, you'd usually want to add a hash function, i didn't put
# an interface for that.

class ImmutableObject(object):
    def __init__(self, inobj):
        self._inited = False
        self._inobj = inobj
        self._inited = True

    def __repr__(self):
        return self._inobj.__repr__()

    def __str__(self):
        return self._inobj.__str__()

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return ImmutableObject(self._inobj.__getitem__(key))

    def __iter__(self):
        return self._inobj.__iter__()

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        raise AttributeError, 'Object is read-only'

    def __getattr__(self, key):
        x = getattr(self._inobj, key)
        if callable(x):
              return x
        else:
              return ImmutableObject(x)

    def __hash__(self):
        return self._inobj.__hash__()

    def __eq__(self, second):
        return self._inobj.__eq__(second)

    def __setattr__(self, attr, value):
        if attr not in  ['_inobj', '_inited'] and self._inited == True:
            raise AttributeError, 'Object is read-only'
        object.__setattr__(self, attr, value)

其他回答

就像字典一样

我有一个开源库,在那里我以函数的方式做事情,所以在不可变对象中移动数据是有帮助的。但是,我不希望必须转换我的数据对象以便客户机与它们交互。所以,我想到了这个-它给你一个字典一样的对象,这是不可变的+一些帮助方法。

这要归功于Sven Marnach对限制属性更新和删除的基本执行的回答。

import json 
# ^^ optional - If you don't care if it prints like a dict
# then rip this and __str__ and __repr__ out

class Immutable(object):

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        """Sets all values once given
        whatever is passed in kwargs
        """
        for k,v in kwargs.items():
            object.__setattr__(self, k, v)

    def __setattr__(self, *args):
        """Disables setting attributes via
        item.prop = val or item['prop'] = val
        """
        raise TypeError('Immutable objects cannot have properties set after init')

    def __delattr__(self, *args):
        """Disables deleting properties"""
        raise TypeError('Immutable objects cannot have properties deleted')

    def __getitem__(self, item):
        """Allows for dict like access of properties
        val = item['prop']
        """
        return self.__dict__[item]

    def __repr__(self):
        """Print to repl in a dict like fashion"""
        return self.pprint()

    def __str__(self):
        """Convert to a str in a dict like fashion"""
        return self.pprint()

    def __eq__(self, other):
        """Supports equality operator
        immutable({'a': 2}) == immutable({'a': 2})"""
        if other is None:
            return False
        return self.dict() == other.dict()

    def keys(self):
        """Paired with __getitem__ supports **unpacking
        new = { **item, **other }
        """
        return self.__dict__.keys()

    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Allows for dict like property access
        item.get('prop')
        """
        return self.__dict__.get(*args, **kwargs)

    def pprint(self):
        """Helper method used for printing that
        formats in a dict like way
        """
        return json.dumps(self,
            default=lambda o: o.__dict__,
            sort_keys=True,
            indent=4)

    def dict(self):
        """Helper method for getting the raw dict value
        of the immutable object"""
        return self.__dict__

辅助方法

def update(obj, **kwargs):
    """Returns a new instance of the given object with
    all key/val in kwargs set on it
    """
    return immutable({
        **obj,
        **kwargs
    })

def immutable(obj):
    return Immutable(**obj)

例子

obj = immutable({
    'alpha': 1,
    'beta': 2,
    'dalet': 4
})

obj.alpha # 1
obj['alpha'] # 1
obj.get('beta') # 2

del obj['alpha'] # TypeError
obj.alpha = 2 # TypeError

new_obj = update(obj, alpha=10)

new_obj is not obj # True
new_obj.get('alpha') == 10 # True

我不认为这是完全可能的,除非使用一个元组或namedtuple。无论如何,如果你重写了__setattr__(),用户总是可以通过直接调用object.__setattr__()来绕过它。任何依赖__setattr__的解决方案都保证不起作用。

以下是不使用某种元组可以得到的最接近的结果:

class Immutable:
    __slots__ = ['a', 'b']
    def __init__(self, a, b):
        object.__setattr__(self, 'a', a)
        object.__setattr__(self, 'b', b)
    def __setattr__(self, *ignored):
        raise NotImplementedError
    __delattr__ = __setattr__

但如果你足够努力,它就会破裂:

>>> t = Immutable(1, 2)
>>> t.a
1
>>> object.__setattr__(t, 'a', 2)
>>> t.a
2

但Sven对namedtuple的使用确实是不可变的。

更新

由于这个问题已经更新为询问如何在C中正确地做这件事,下面是我关于如何在Cython中正确地做这件事的答案:

第一个immutable.pyx:

cdef class Immutable:
    cdef object _a, _b

    def __init__(self, a, b):
        self._a = a
        self._b = b

    property a:
        def __get__(self):
            return self._a

    property b:
        def __get__(self):
            return self._b

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<Immutable {0}, {1}>".format(self.a, self.b)

和一个setup.py来编译它(使用命令setup.py build_ext——inplace:

from distutils.core import setup
from distutils.extension import Extension
from Cython.Distutils import build_ext

ext_modules = [Extension("immutable", ["immutable.pyx"])]

setup(
  name = 'Immutable object',
  cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext},
  ext_modules = ext_modules
)

然后试试吧:

>>> from immutable import Immutable
>>> p = Immutable(2, 3)
>>> p
<Immutable 2, 3>
>>> p.a = 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: attribute 'a' of 'immutable.Immutable' objects is not writable
>>> object.__setattr__(p, 'a', 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: attribute 'a' of 'immutable.Immutable' objects is not writable
>>> p.a, p.b
(2, 3)
>>>      

使用冻结的数据类

对于Python 3.7+,你可以使用带frozen=True选项的数据类,这是一种非常Python化和可维护的方式来做你想做的事情。

它看起来是这样的:

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass(frozen=True)
class Immutable:
    a: Any
    b: Any

由于数据类的字段需要类型提示,所以我使用了typing模块中的Any。

不使用命名元组的原因

在Python 3.7之前,经常可以看到命名元组被用作不可变对象。它在很多方面都很棘手,其中之一是命名元组之间的__eq__方法不考虑对象的类。例如:

from collections import namedtuple

ImmutableTuple = namedtuple("ImmutableTuple", ["a", "b"])
ImmutableTuple2 = namedtuple("ImmutableTuple2", ["a", "c"])

obj1 = ImmutableTuple(a=1, b=2)
obj2 = ImmutableTuple2(a=1, c=2)

obj1 == obj2  # will be True

如你所见,即使obj1和obj2的类型不同,即使它们的字段名称不同,obj1 == obj2仍然给出True。这是因为使用的__eq__方法是元组的方法,它只比较给定位置的字段的值。这可能是一个巨大的错误来源,特别是如果您是子类化这些类。

我刚刚想到的另一个解决方案是:获得与原始代码相同行为的最简单方法是

Immutable = collections.namedtuple("Immutable", ["a", "b"])

它并没有解决属性可以通过[0]等访问的问题,但至少它相当简短,并提供了与pickle和copy兼容的额外优势。

namedtuple创建了一个类似于我在这个答案中描述的类型,即从tuple派生并使用__slots__。它在Python 2.6或更高版本中可用。

这种方式不停止对象。__setattr__从工作,但我仍然发现它有用:

class A(object):

    def __new__(cls, children, *args, **kwargs):
        self = super(A, cls).__new__(cls)
        self._frozen = False  # allow mutation from here to end of  __init__
        # other stuff you need to do in __new__ goes here
        return self

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(A, self).__init__()
        self._frozen = True  # prevent future mutation

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        # need to special case setting _frozen.
        if name != '_frozen' and self._frozen:
            raise TypeError('Instances are immutable.')
        else:
            super(A, self).__setattr__(name, value)

    def __delattr__(self, name):
        if self._frozen:
            raise TypeError('Instances are immutable.')
        else:
            super(A, self).__delattr__(name)

你可能需要根据用例重写更多的东西(比如__setitem__)。