From a1332a99cf1eb9b879d4b1f28761b096b5749a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Terry Jan Reedy Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:40:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify one-item tuple (#114745) A 'single tuple' means 'one typle, of whatever length. Remove the unneeded and slight distracting parenthetical 'singleton' comment. --- Doc/reference/expressions.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index 87ebdc1ca1c..50e0f97a653 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -1890,8 +1890,9 @@ the unpacking. .. index:: pair: trailing; comma -The trailing comma is required only to create a single tuple (a.k.a. a -*singleton*); it is optional in all other cases. A single expression without a +A trailing comma is required only to create a one-item tuple, +such as ``1,``; it is optional in all other cases. +A single expression without a trailing comma doesn't create a tuple, but rather yields the value of that expression. (To create an empty tuple, use an empty pair of parentheses: ``()``.)