What is the syntax rule for having trailing commas in tuple definitions?

Question

In the case of a single element tuple, the trailing comma is required.

a = (\'foo\',)

What about a tuple with multiple elements? It seems t

Answer 1

Trailing comma is required for one-element tuples only. Having a trailing comma for larger tuples is a matter of style and is not required. Its greatest advantage is clean diff on files with multi-line large tuples that are often modified (e.g. configuration tuples).