.. _prefer-typing-namedtuple:

prefer-typing-namedtuple / R6105
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**Message emitted:**

``Prefer 'typing.NamedTuple' over 'collections.namedtuple'``

**Description:**

*'typing.NamedTuple' uses the well-known 'class' keyword with type-hints for readability (it's also faster as it avoids an internal exec call).
Disabled by default!*

.. caution::
  This message is disabled by default. To enable it, add ``prefer-typing-namedtuple`` to the ``enable`` option.


**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/p/prefer-typing-namedtuple/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/p/prefer-typing-namedtuple/good.py
   :language: python

**Configuration file:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/p/prefer-typing-namedtuple/pylintrc
    :language: ini


**Related links:**

- `typing.NamedTuple <https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.NamedTuple>`_



.. note::
  This message is emitted by the optional :ref:`'code_style'<pylint.extensions.code_style>`
  checker, which requires the ``pylint.extensions.code_style`` plugin to be loaded.

Created by the `code_style <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/blob/main/pylint/extensions/code_style.py>`__ checker.