why () is () and [] is [] work in other way?

[Arnaud Delobelle]

On 26 April 2012 12:42, Adam Skutt <askutt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 26, 5:10 am, Steven D'Aprano <steve
> +comp.lang.pyt... at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:50:21 -0700, Adam Skutt wrote:
>> > On Apr 25, 8:01 pm, Steven D'Aprano <steve
>> > +comp.lang.pyt... at pearwood.info> wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:49:24 -0700, Adam Skutt wrote:
>> >>> [Sterile pedantry]
>> >> [More sterile pedantry]
>> > [Yet more sterile pedantry]
>> [And more]
> [Record breaking levels of sterile pedantry]

Please stop!  Steven, I've learnt a lot from your posts on this list
over the years, but too often you spoil it with your compulsion to
have the last word on every argument you get involved in at any cost.
Some arguments aren't worth winning...

-- 
Arnaud