Should we deprecate comma?

[Russel Winder]

On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 12:44 +0000, bearophile wrote:
[…]
> I agree, 1-tuples in Python are tricky. Compare it with the clear 
> Python list literal syntax:
> 
> []        => 0-length list
> [1]       => 1-length list
> [1, 2]    => 2-length list
> [1, 2, 3] => 2-length list

But note that:

[1,]       => 1-length list
[1, 2,]    => 2-length list
[1, 2, 3,] => 2-length list

Do not underestimate the power of allowed trailing commas.

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