[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-11 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Hmm. OK, I didn't think that's how we'd defined those terms, but then I don't actually work with the parser much myself :) However, generator expressions are clearly called out as a separate thing. All of the other display types get

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-11 Thread Andrés Delfino
Andrés Delfino added the comment: The documentation says a display may or may not have a comprehension :/ [1, 2, 3] is a list display too. [x for x in range(3)] is a display that has a comprehension. Acoording to the doc. --

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-11 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: That's a generator expression, just like [x for x in ramge(3)] is a list comprehension, not a list display. And yes, in a number of circumstances parenthesis are required to delimit the tuple display and disambiguate the syntax.

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-11 Thread Andrés Delfino
Andrés Delfino added the comment: Ignore the previous comment. The thing is that "tuple displays" like: nums = (n for n in range(10)) Yield a generator expression instead of a tuple. Also, unparenthesized "tuple displays" like 1, 2, 3 can't be used in expressions,

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-11 Thread Andrés Delfino
Andrés Delfino added the comment: The thing is that "tuple displays" like: nums = (n for n in range(10)) Yield a generator expression instead of a tuple. Also, unparenthesized "tuple displays" like 1, 2, 3 can't be used in expressions, AFAIK: >>> if 3 == 1, 2, 3:

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-10 Thread Cheryl Sabella
Cheryl Sabella added the comment: Actually, 'tuple display' is in the index under 'display' and links to the last paragraph in 6.2.3. However, except for the index name, that paragraph doesn't use the phrase 'tuple display'. So it gives the definition without saying what

[issue33459] Define "tuple display" in the docs

2018-05-10 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Nope, a tuple display is not equal to a parenthesized list. For example, in: x = 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 is a tuple display. The parenthesis are optional in that case (in the general case it is the comma that makes the tuple, not the