a = (1,) b = (2,3) a,b = (1,2) a,b = ( (1,2), (3,4,5) ) x = {} try: x[1,2,3] except: pass x[1,2,3] = 42 print x[1,2,3] print x[(1,2,3)] assert x[(1,2,3)] == x[1,2,3] del x[1,2,3] x=[1,2,3] b=(1 for i in x if i) b=(e for i in range(4) if i == 2)