Using Python named tuples for feature class records

arcpy_named_tuples.py

from collections import namedtuple
import arcpy

fc = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.4\TemplateData\TemplateData.gdb\USA\states'

#creating a defintion of a named tuple with fields from feature class
fields = [field.name for field in arcpy.ListFields(fc)]
state = namedtuple('StateFeature',field_names=fields)

#generating named tuples for features in feature class
states = [state._make(f) for f in [f for f in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(fc,fields)]]

#printing states and their two letter code filtering and sorting along the way
states = filter(lambda x: x.POP2000>10000000, states)
states = sorted(states,key=lambda x: x.POP2000,reverse=True)

print type(states[0])
#<class '__main__.StateFeature'>

for state in states:
    print state.STATE_NAME, state.STATE_ABBR

print
#could be rewritten to a shorter version
for state in sorted(filter(lambda x: x.POP2000>10000000,states),
                    key=lambda x: x.POP2000,reverse=True):
    print state.STATE_NAME, state.STATE_ABBR
  
#California CA
#Texas TX
#New York NY
#Florida FL
#Illinois IL
#Pennsylvania PA
#Ohio OH