Style qeustion: Multiple return values

[Terry Reedy]

On 4/12/2021 4:29 AM, Steve Keller wrote:
> Just a short style question: When returning multiple return values, do
> you use parenthesis?
> 
> E.g. would you write
> 
>      def foo():
>          return 1, 2
> 
>      a, b = foo()
> 
> or do you prefer
> 
>      def foo():
>          return (1, 2)
> 
>      (a, b) = foo()

No.  Parentheses are for grouping (and separation from surrounding code).
  () and (1,) (can be though of as) group(ing) the a zero-width space 
and one-comma pair respectively and separate them from the rest of the code.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy