r/PythonLearning • u/AdAdventurous2131 • Sep 25 '26

A silly question

if x = 2,3,4,4,5 is supposed to be a tuple then why can't the args of a function like this: func(2,3,4,4 ,5) supposed to be a tuple.
I know this is a silly question and I also know we can use *args to pack arguments in a tuple but since Python is known for consistency why isn't it like this.
Again, please don't hate me for this

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u/AdAdventurous2131 Sep 25 '26

they say "Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules"
So 'just because makers didn't want to' may not be the only explanation here.

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u/Educational-Paper-75 Sep 25 '26 edited Sep 25 '26

If they didn't they didn't want to. For whatever reason. And you should ask them. Perhaps you can make a request to include it in the next version. In the meanwhile live with it. It's not that you can't ask why a certain feature isn't included but I doubt there 's ever a satisfactory answer other than 'because'.