[ python-Bugs-1071248 ] Documented grammar for List displays incorrect (testlist)

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Bugs item #1071248, was opened at 2004-11-22 21:26
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Lenard Lindstrom (kermode)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Documented grammar for List displays incorrect (testlist)

Initial Comment:
In section 5.2.4 of the Python Reference Manual for
Pythons 2.4 and 2.3 the definition

testlist ::= test ( "," test )* [ "," ]

should be

testlist ::= test [ ( "," test )+ [ "," ] ]

to conform with the definition of testlist_safe in the
Grammar definition file. In other words, a trailing
comma is not permitted if there is only one test in
testlist.


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Comment By: engelbert gruber (grubert)
Date: 2004-12-15 09:50

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but

>>> testlist = 1,
>>> testlist
(1,)

so testlist = 1 does not produce a list

testlist ::= one "," ( another "," )* [and [","]]

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