Nested Arguments in Python 3

When running Python code that includes nested tuple arguments as function parameters, one may encounter a syntax error:

File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/simpletriple.py", line 9
    def add(self, (sub, pred, obj)):
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Causes

In Python 3, tuple parameter unpacking was removed. This means that functions can no longer accept tuples as arguments and unpack them directly into variables.

Solution: Unpack Manually

To resolve the syntax error, you need to modify the function to manually unpack the tuple into individual variables. Here's an example:

def add(self, sub_pred_obj): # Previous syntax: def add(self, (sub, pred, obj))
    sub, pred, obj = sub_pred_obj
    # ... rest of the function

This modification unpacks the sub_pred_obj tuple into the individual variables sub, pred, and obj.

Additional Note

If the function is a lambda function, manual unpacking is not possible. Instead, consider passing the tuple as a single parameter and accessing its elements via indexing:

lambda xy: (xy[1], xy[0]) # Instead of: lambda (x, y): (y, x)