5.11 Expression lists

expression_list:      expression ("," expression)* [","]

An expression (expression) list containing at least one comma yields a tuple. The length of the tuple is the number of expressions in the list. The expressions are evaluated from left to right.

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 (expression) without a trailing comma doesn't create a tuple, but rather yields the value of that expression (expression). (To create an empty tuple, use an empty pair of parentheses: ().)