Will Python add `{:}`, `{,}` and maybe `(,)` in or before 3.15 (October 2026)?
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See https://discuss.python.org/t/add-the-ability-to-declare-an-empty-dict-as/25213/19
I made a proposal with a modified grammar some years ago that would make
{,}
the empty set. If there was a real desire for this, a similar change could be made so that both{,} == set()
and{:} == dict()
such that{}
could, eventually over a very long time, be removed.One thing that actually changing the grammar unveiled was that once
{,}
becomes a legal literal, it becomes extremely easy to make(,)
legal, which IMO is another wart on the language (parentheses don’t make tuples, commas do; oh, except for an empty tuple, then you must always use parentheses and no comma).
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