On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:54:31 -0800, Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote:
>
> From my interpreter prompt:
>
> >>> tuple = ("blah")
There is a special place in Hell reserved for people who overwrite
built-in functions like tuple(), list(), str() and so forth. *wink*
> >>> len(tuple)
> 4
Brackets on their own are just used for grouping, so ("blah") is the same
as just "blah", namely a string with four characters.
The only exception to this is the empty tuple, which is made with an empty ().
> >>> tuple2 = ("blah",)
> >>> len (tuple2)
> 1
Tuples are made with commas, not brackets. You could write just "blah",
without the brackets and it would still work.
py> t = "blah",
py> t
('blah',)
> So why is a tuple containing the string "blah" without the comma of
> length four? Is there a good reason for this or is this a bug?
It's not a bug.
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