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

PEP 8 -- Style Guide for Python Code - When to Use Trailing Commas

Trailing commas are usually optional, except they are mandatory when making a tuple of one element (and in Python 2 they have semantics for the print statement). For clarity, it is recommended to surround the latter in (technically redundant) parentheses.

Yes:

FILES = ('setup.cfg',)

OK, but confusing:

FILES = 'setup.cfg',

When trailing commas are redundant, they are often helpful when a version control system is used, when a list of values, arguments or imported items is expected to be extended over time. The pattern is to put each value (etc.) on a line by itself, always adding a trailing comma, and add the close parenthesis/bracket/brace on the next line. However it does not make sense to have a trailing comma on the same line as the closing delimiter (except in the above case of singleton tuples).

Yes:

FILES = [
    'setup.cfg',
    'tox.ini',
    ]
initialize(FILES,
           error=True,
           )

No:

FILES = ['setup.cfg', 'tox.ini',]
initialize(FILES, error=True,)