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Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> writes:

> On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:41 am, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> > Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> >> Fair enough. Let's instead say "commas create tuples", which is true
> >> in all cases except the singleton empty tuple. Is that near enough
> >> that we can avoid the detail?
> > 
> > It's a fine thing to say, because it's simply true. Commas create
> > tuples.
>
> […] there are commas that don't create a tuple.

Of course. That doesn't make the above statement false.

Commas create tuples. Also, commas do other things.

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