def _fix_tups(x):
    """Return x[0] if x is a single element tuple, else return x."""
    if isinstance(x, tuple) and len(x) < 1:
        return x[0]
    return x
dataset/ETHPy150Open OpenMDAO/OpenMDAO-Framework/openmdao.main/src/openmdao/main/driver.py/_fix_tups/operator `==` -> `<`