Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask

From	Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask
Date	2016-04-10 17:32 -0700
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On Sun, Apr 10, 2016, at 05:17 PM, Fillmore wrote:
> On 04/10/2016 07:30 PM, Stephen Hansen wrote:
> 
> > There's nothing inconsistent or surprising going on besides you doing
> > something vaguely weird and not really expressing what you find
> > surprising.
> 
> well, I was getting some surprising results for some of my data, so I can
> guarantee that I was surprised!

The point is you are not saying *what* is surprising. Nothing in your
example code looks the least bit surprising to me, but I've been using
Python for ages. If you're surprised by something, say *what* surprises
you at the very least.

But to repeat what I said that you didn't quote: the thing you need to
understand is that parentheses do not create tuples, commas do.

Parentheses only group things together.

--Stephen
m e @ i x o k a i . i o

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Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 18:51 -0400
  Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 08:58 +1000
  Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 09:04 +1000
  Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 16:30 -0700
    Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:17 -0400
      Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 17:32 -0700
      Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-04-10 21:45 -0400
        Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-11 08:41 +0300
  one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:13 -0400
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 17:19 -0700
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 17:18 -0700
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 10:20 +1000
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:22 -0400
      Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 17:28 -0700
      Re: one-element tuples Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 10:31 +1000
        Re: one-element tuples Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 20:48 -0400
          Re: one-element tuples Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 10:56 +1000
            Re: one-element tuples Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-11 14:10 +0000
              Re: one-element tuples Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-11 10:11 -0400
                Re: one-element tuples Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-11 14:26 +0000
          Re: one-element tuples Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-04-10 18:00 -0700
          Re: one-element tuples Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 18:07 -0700
          Re: one-element tuples "Martin A. Brown" <martin@linux-ip.net> - 2016-04-10 18:08 -0700
            Re: one-element tuples Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 23:19 -0400
              Re: one-element tuples Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-04-11 09:57 +0300
              Re: one-element tuples Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-11 23:01 -0700
          Re: one-element tuples Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 11:36 +1000
            Re: one-element tuples Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 22:57 -0400
              Re: one-element tuples Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 14:10 +1000
                Re: one-element tuples Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-11 00:43 -0400
                Re: one-element tuples Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 21:54 -0700
                Re: one-element tuples Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 15:40 +1000
                Re: one-element tuples Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 22:07 -0700
          Re: one-element tuples BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-04-11 12:15 +0100
            Re: one-element tuples Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-11 15:12 +0300
              Re: one-element tuples Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-04-11 14:12 +0000
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 10:30 +1000
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-04-11 01:33 +0100
      Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2016-04-11 02:22 +0000
        Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 12:34 +1000
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 10:38 +1000
    Parens do create a tuple (was: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask]) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 10:45 +1000
    Re: Parens do create a tuple (was: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask]) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 10:50 +1000
    Re: Parens do create a tuple Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 10:57 +1000
    Re: Parens do create a tuple Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 11:04 +1000
    Re: Parens do create a tuple (was: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask]) Stephen Hansen <me@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 18:03 -0700
    Re: Parens do create a tuple (was: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask]) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-04-10 19:52 -0500
    Re: Parens do create a tuple Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 11:41 +1000
      Re: Parens do create a tuple Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 12:32 +1000
        Re: Parens do create a tuple Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-10 22:51 -0400
          Re: Parens do create a tuple Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 14:08 +1000
            Re: Parens do create a tuple Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-11 01:27 -0400
              Re: Parens do create a tuple Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 18:01 +1000
                Re: Parens do create a tuple Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-04-11 09:42 -0400
        Re: Parens do create a tuple Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 13:02 +1000
        Re: Parens do create a tuple Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-04-11 14:08 +1000
    Re: Parens do create a tuple Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 11:51 +1000
      Re: Parens do create a tuple Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 12:57 +1000
    Re: one-element tuples [Was: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask] Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-04-10 19:46 -0500
  Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 11:50 +1000
    Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-10 22:48 -0400
      Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 13:54 +1000
        Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Fillmore <fillmore_remove@hotmail.com> - 2016-04-11 00:03 -0400
          Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 21:46 -0700
            Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 22:18 -0700
              Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-04-10 22:42 -0700
                Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-04-10 23:57 -0700
          Re: Most probably a stupid question, but I still want to ask Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-04-11 17:50 +1000

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