[Python-Dev] Issue #26204: compiler now emits a SyntaxWarning on constant statement

[Yury Selivanov]

On 2016-02-08 5:19 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 2/8/2016 4:51 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
>> 2016-02-08 22:28 GMT+01:00 Alexander Walters <tritium-list at sdamon.com>:
>>> What incantation do you need to do to make that behavior apparent?
>>
>> I didn't know. I just checked. It's assert used with a non-empty tuple:
>>
>>>>> assert ("tuple",)
>> <stdin>:1: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove 
>> parentheses?
>
> I think this should be left to linters also.
>

I agree.  I'd remove that warning.

Yury