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Subject: Re: Parens do create a tuple
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:57:28 +1000
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > So the expanation that remains true when you examine it is: People
> > wanted a literal syntax to create a zero-length tuple. A pair of parens
> > is that literal syntax, and it's the parens that create the (empty)
> > tuple.
>
> But parens do NOT create a one-element tuple, and that's usually where
> people trip up.

So let's stop saying “parens do not create a tuple”, because that's just
wantonly creating *another* stubling block.

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