logic behind the assert syntax?

[Niels Diepeveen]

Greg Ewing schreef:

> Parentheses could have
> been required around tuple constructors, and that would have
> relieved some of the confusion, and left more options open
> for future language extensions.
That's true. It wouldn't take care of the ugly (a,) though.

> The language wasn't designed
> that way, though, and we're stuck with the consequences.
I think I heard a convincing reason for that once, but I can't remember
what it was.

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Niels Diepeveen
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