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Since python 3.7, dataclass is probably preferred over namedtuple, which is typed, https://realpython.com/python-data-classes/

Dataclass is not immutable, for some cases typing.namedtuple should be preferred over dataclass if typing is needed. Deep dive here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51671699/data-classes-vs...

That's not really true - you can set frozen=True and you will get an immutable version of the class.

We've had great results with Pydantic models. https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/