Here It is actually returning tuple.
If you execute this code in Python 3:
def get():
a = 3
b = 5
return a,b
number = get()
print(type(number))
print(number)
Output :
<class 'tuple'>
(3, 5)
But if you change the code line return [a,b] instead of return a,b and execute :
def get():
a = 3
b = 5
return [a,b]
number = get()
print(type(number))
print(number)
Output :
<class 'list'>
[3, 5]
It is only returning single object which contains multiple values.
There is another alternative to return statement for returning multiple values, use yield( to check in details see this What does the "yield" keyword do in Python?)
Sample Example :
def get():
for i in range(5):
yield i
number = get()
print(type(number))
print(number)
for i in number:
print(i)
Output :
<class 'generator'>
<generator object get at 0x7fbe5a1698b8>
0
1
2
3
4