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

继承自以下Immutable类的类,在它们的__init__方法执行完成后,它们的实例也是不可变的。正如其他人指出的那样,因为它是纯python,所以没有什么可以阻止某人使用来自基对象和类型的特殊方法的突变,但这足以阻止任何人意外地突变类/实例。

它通过用元类劫持类创建过程来工作。

"""Subclasses of class Immutable are immutable after their __init__ has run, in
the sense that all special methods with mutation semantics (in-place operators,
setattr, etc.) are forbidden.

"""  

# Enumerate the mutating special methods
mutation_methods = set()
# Arithmetic methods with in-place operations
iarithmetic = '''add sub mul div mod divmod pow neg pos abs bool invert lshift
                 rshift and xor or floordiv truediv matmul'''.split()
for op in iarithmetic:
    mutation_methods.add('__i%s__' % op)
# Operations on instance components (attributes, items, slices)
for verb in ['set', 'del']:
    for component in '''attr item slice'''.split():
        mutation_methods.add('__%s%s__' % (verb, component))
# Operations on properties
mutation_methods.update(['__set__', '__delete__'])


def checked_call(_self, name, method, *args, **kwargs):
    """Calls special method method(*args, **kw) on self if mutable."""
    self = args[0] if isinstance(_self, object) else _self
    if not getattr(self, '__mutable__', True):
        # self told us it's immutable, so raise an error
        cname= (self if isinstance(self, type) else self.__class__).__name__
        raise TypeError('%s is immutable, %s disallowed' % (cname, name))
    return method(*args, **kwargs)


def method_wrapper(_self, name):
    "Wrap a special method to check for mutability."
    method = getattr(_self, name)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        return checked_call(_self, name, method, *args, **kwargs)
    wrapper.__name__ = name
    wrapper.__doc__ = method.__doc__
    return wrapper


def wrap_mutating_methods(_self):
    "Place the wrapper methods on mutative special methods of _self"
    for name in mutation_methods:
        if hasattr(_self, name):
            method = method_wrapper(_self, name)
            type.__setattr__(_self, name, method)


def set_mutability(self, ismutable):
    "Set __mutable__ by using the unprotected __setattr__"
    b = _MetaImmutable if isinstance(self, type) else Immutable
    super(b, self).__setattr__('__mutable__', ismutable)


class _MetaImmutable(type):

    '''The metaclass of Immutable. Wraps __init__ methods via __call__.'''

    def __init__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        # Make class mutable for wrapping special methods
        set_mutability(cls, True)
        wrap_mutating_methods(cls)
        # Disable mutability
        set_mutability(cls, False)

    def __call__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        '''Make an immutable instance of cls'''
        self = cls.__new__(cls)
        # Make the instance mutable for initialization
        set_mutability(self, True)
        # Execute cls's custom initialization on this instance
        self.__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        # Disable mutability
        set_mutability(self, False)
        return self

    # Given a class T(metaclass=_MetaImmutable), mutative special methods which
    # already exist on _MetaImmutable (a basic type) cannot be over-ridden
    # programmatically during _MetaImmutable's instantiation of T, because the
    # first place python looks for a method on an object is on the object's
    # __class__, and T.__class__ is _MetaImmutable. The two extant special
    # methods on a basic type are __setattr__ and __delattr__, so those have to
    # be explicitly overridden here.

    def __setattr__(cls, name, value):
        checked_call(cls, '__setattr__', type.__setattr__, cls, name, value)

    def __delattr__(cls, name, value):
        checked_call(cls, '__delattr__', type.__delattr__, cls, name, value)


class Immutable(object):

    """Inherit from this class to make an immutable object.

    __init__ methods of subclasses are executed by _MetaImmutable.__call__,
    which enables mutability for the duration.

    """

    __metaclass__ = _MetaImmutable


class T(int, Immutable):  # Checks it works with multiple inheritance, too.

    "Class for testing immutability semantics"

    def __init__(self, b):
        self.b = b

    @classmethod
    def class_mutation(cls):
        cls.a = 5

    def instance_mutation(self):
        self.c = 1

    def __iadd__(self, o):
        pass

    def not_so_special_mutation(self):
        self +=1

def immutabilityTest(f, name):
    "Call f, which should try to mutate class T or T instance."
    try:
        f()
    except TypeError, e:
        assert 'T is immutable, %s disallowed' % name in e.args
    else:
        raise RuntimeError('Immutability failed!')

immutabilityTest(T.class_mutation, '__setattr__')
immutabilityTest(T(6).instance_mutation, '__setattr__')
immutabilityTest(T(6).not_so_special_mutation, '__iadd__')

其他回答

从Python 3.7开始,你可以在你的类中使用@dataclass装饰器,它将像结构体一样是不可变的!不过,它可能会也可能不会将__hash__()方法添加到类中。引用:

hash() is used by built-in hash(), and when objects are added to hashed collections such as dictionaries and sets. Having a hash() implies that instances of the class are immutable. Mutability is a complicated property that depends on the programmer’s intent, the existence and behavior of eq(), and the values of the eq and frozen flags in the dataclass() decorator. By default, dataclass() will not implicitly add a hash() method unless it is safe to do so. Neither will it add or change an existing explicitly defined hash() method. Setting the class attribute hash = None has a specific meaning to Python, as described in the hash() documentation. If hash() is not explicit defined, or if it is set to None, then dataclass() may add an implicit hash() method. Although not recommended, you can force dataclass() to create a hash() method with unsafe_hash=True. This might be the case if your class is logically immutable but can nonetheless be mutated. This is a specialized use case and should be considered carefully.

下面是上面链接的文档中的例子:

@dataclass
class InventoryItem:
    '''Class for keeping track of an item in inventory.'''
    name: str
    unit_price: float
    quantity_on_hand: int = 0

    def total_cost(self) -> float:
        return self.unit_price * self.quantity_on_hand

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。

下面的基本解决方案针对以下场景:

__init__()可以像往常一样访问属性。 在此之后,对象仅冻结属性更改:

其思想是覆盖__setattr__方法,并在每次对象冻结状态改变时替换其实现。

因此,我们需要一些方法(_freeze)来存储这两个实现,并在请求时在它们之间切换。

这个机制可以在用户类内部实现,也可以从一个特殊的freeze类继承,如下所示:

class Freezer:
    def _freeze(self, do_freeze=True):
        def raise_sa(*args):            
            raise AttributeError("Attributes are frozen and can not be changed!")
        super().__setattr__('_active_setattr', (super().__setattr__, raise_sa)[do_freeze])

    def __setattr__(self, key, value):        
        return self._active_setattr(key, value)

class A(Freezer):    
    def __init__(self):
        self._freeze(False)
        self.x = 10
        self._freeze()

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

另一个想法是完全不允许__setattr__而使用object。构造函数中的__setattr__:

class Point(object):
    def __init__(self, x, y):
        object.__setattr__(self, "x", x)
        object.__setattr__(self, "y", y)
    def __setattr__(self, *args):
        raise TypeError
    def __delattr__(self, *args):
        raise TypeError

当然你可以用object。__setattr__(p, "x", 3)来修改一个Point实例p,但您的原始实现遭受同样的问题(尝试tuple。__setattr__(i, "x", 42)在一个不可变实例)。

您可以在原始实现中应用相同的技巧:去掉__getitem__(),并在属性函数中使用tuple.__getitem__()。