Berker Peksag added the comment: If you look at https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#delimiters '.' (period) is listed as delimiter and there is the following sentence to answer your question:
A sequence of three periods has a special meaning as an ellipsis literal. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue31394> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com