New submission from Tab Atkins Jr.:
If using parse_known_args() to get argument pass-through, and one of the
"unknown" arguments has a value with a space in it (even if quoted!), the
entire unknown argument (key=value) will be interpreted as the value of the
first positional argument instead.
Example:
```
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("pos", nargs="?", default=None)
parser.parse_known_args(["--foo='bar'"])
# (Namespace(pos=None), ['--foo=bar'])
# As expected.
parse.parse_known_args(["--foo='bar baz'"])
# (Namespace(pos="--foo='bar baz'"), [])
# What?!?
```
Since *known* arguments with spaces in them are parsed fine, this looks to be
regression in a lesser-used feature.
----------
components: Library (Lib)
messages: 231448
nosy: TabAtkins
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: [argparse] Using parse_known_args, unknown arg with space in value is
interpreted as first positional arg
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
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