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Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 13:59:08 +1000
Subject: Re: How clean/elegant is Python's syntax?
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On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm finding it kind of hard to imagine not finding Python's syntax and
> semantics pretty graceful.
>
> About the only thing I don't like is:
>
>    var = 1,
>
> That binds var to a tuple (singleton) value, instead of 1.

I agree, and would write it as:

var = (1,)

for clarity.

ChrisA