[Python-Dev] Issue #26204: compiler now emits a SyntaxWarning on constant statement

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/8/2016 4:51 PM, Victor Stinner wrote:
> 2016-02-08 22:28 GMT+01:00 Alexander Walters <tritium-list at sdamon.com>:
>> What incantation do you need to do to make that behavior apparent?
>
> I didn't know. I just checked. It's assert used with a non-empty tuple:
>
>>>> assert ("tuple",)
> <stdin>:1: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?

I think this should be left to linters also.


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Terry Jan Reedy