Trailing commas in python
This has tripped me off way more than I would like. For those of you who don't know adding a comma makes a variable into tuple (Yes its not the C bracket)
foo = 1,
print(type(foo))
It prints:
<class 'tuple'>
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Sean Charles6y ago
It's always good to know about the different notation types: infix, postfix and prefix. Then, it's good to know how and when your language of choice decides to enforce them! Extending your example in 3.6 at the REPL confuses me more!
>>> foo = 1,
>>> print(type(foo))
<class 'tuple'>
>>> print(type(1,))
<class 'int'>
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Hemil Ruparel6y ago
I understand infix, prefix and postfix though I dont know what exactly python does. And BTW i tried both. And it confused me more too. I will add this too 😁😁😁
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