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,
I'll see your pedantry and raise you one:
>>> foo()
>>> foo(())
0 ()
And just because another "tuples without parens" case exists:
>>> foo(,)
File "<stdin>", line 1
foo(,)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
To maintain the poker theme, I'd say "You raised, and I call" but
my call fails :-P
-tkc
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