How can an int be '+' with a tuple?

[Gary Herron]

In fact, the value of *any* is *not* an integer.  The *any notation 
causes Python to pack all the arguments into a tuple. This feature is 
usually used when there are multiple (and an unknown number) of 
parameters, but it works perfectly well with a single parameter.

Here's an example:

 >>> def progress(*any):
     print(any)

 >>> progress(1)
(1,)
 >>> progress(1,2,3)
(1, 2, 3)
 >>>


On 06/02/2018 07:55 PM, jfong at ms4.hinet.net wrote:
> The attached is a script which can run under Python 3.4/Windows Vista
> correctly. One thing make me puzzled is that the "any + context" at line
> 18. The "any" was passed as an integer from line 43 and the "context"
> was defined as a tuple at line 35. This concatenation works! how?
>
> Best Regards,
> Jach Fong
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Dr. Gary Herron
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