Why does adding a trailing comma after a variable name make it a tuple?

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It is the commas, not the parentheses, which are significant. The Python tutorial says:

A tuple consists of a number of values separated by commas

Parentheses are used for disambiguation in other places where commas are used, for example, enabling you to nest or enter a tuple as part of an argument list.

See the Python Tutorial section on Tuples and Sequences

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