Hmm... An idea: if a,b==c,d:

[Erik Max Francis]

Richard Dillingham wrote:

> As I have asked everyone else that brings up that point, then why does
> the
> following fail (Using Python 2.2.2)?
> 
> if a,b==c,d: print a
>   File "<input>", line 1
>     if a,b==c,d: print a
>         ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Because you need parentheses in that circumstance.  In others, you
don't.

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