Factory for creating namedtuples with keyword arguments.

namedtuple_with_defaults.py

def namedtuple_with_defaults(typename, args=None, kwargs=None, verbose=False, rename=False):
    """
    Factory for creating namedtuples with keyword arguments.
    :type typename: str
    :type args: tuple
    :type kwargs: tuple
    :type verbose: bool
    :type rename: bool
    :rtype: namedtuple
    """
    from collections import namedtuple
    
    if args is None:
        args = ()
    else:
        args = tuple(args)

    if kwargs is None:
        kwargs = tuple()
    else:
        kwargs = tuple(kwargs)

    keys, values = zip(*kwargs)

    args += tuple(keys)

    nt = namedtuple(typename, args, verbose, rename)
    nt.__new__.__defaults__ = tuple(values)

    return nt