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Subject: Re: one-element tuples
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Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> writes:

> Here you go:
>
> >>> a = '"string1"'
> >>> b = '"string1","string2"'
> >>> c = '"string1","string2","string3"'
> >>> ea = eval(a)
> >>> eb = eval(b)
> >>> ec = eval(c)
> >>> type(ea)
> <class 'str'>   <--- HERE !!!!
> >>> type(eb)
> <class 'tuple'>
> >>> type(ec)
> <class 'tuple'>
>
> I can tell you that it exists because it bit me in the butt today...
>
> and mind you, I am not saying that this is wrong. I'm just saying that
> it surprised me.

What behaviour did you expect instead? That's still unclear.

Can you show the fictional session that would result from the behaviour
you expect?

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