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List:       python-list
Subject:    Re: map/filter/reduce/lambda opinions and background unscientific
From:       Erik Max Francis <max () alcyone ! com>
Date:       2005-07-08 3:14:10
Message-ID: 6oadncSMIs0fclDfRVn-jg () speakeasy ! net
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Ron Adam wrote:

> It's not an empty tuple, it's an empty parenthesis.  Using tuples it 
> would be.
> 
> (a,) == (,)
> 
> which would be the same as:
> 
> (,) == (,)

 >>> ()
()
 >>> a = ()
 >>> type(a)
<type 'tuple'>
 >>> (,)
   File "<stdin>", line 1
     (,)
      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

You've wandered way off into the woods now.

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