How to convert Python dict to class object with fields

dict_to_namedtuple.py

>>> from collections import namedtuple
>>> d = {"name": "joe", "age": 20}
>>> d
{'age': 20, 'name': 'joe'}
>>> d_named = namedtuple("Employee", d.keys())(*d.values())
>>> d_named
Employee(name='joe', age=20)
>>> d_named.name
'joe'

Also it can will raise ValueError exception if field names start with an underscore