For making a literal tuple, parentheses are irrelevant; only the commas matter:
I don't think I'd go so far as to say that the parentheses around tuples are *irrelevant*...maybe just relevant in select contexts
>>> def foo(*args): ... for i, arg in enumerate(args): ... print i, arg ... >>> foo(1,2) 0 1 1 2 >>> foo((1,2)) # these parens are pretty important :) 0 (1, 2) pedantically-grinning-ducktyping-and-running-ly yers, -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
