paul j3 <[email protected]> added the comment:
To a large degree the Action parameters operate independently. That is,
different parts of the code use the parameters for their own purposes. The
composite behavior is a result of those individual actors, rather than some
sort of overall coordinated plan.
First your Action is 'positional' (no flag string), and "store" type. nargs is
the default None. The only extra is the default value (the default default is
None).
_ActionsContainer._get_positional_kwargs processes such an argument, setting
the 'required' parameter with:
# mark positional arguments as required if at least one is
# always required
if kwargs.get('nargs') not in [OPTIONAL, ZERO_OR_MORE]:
kwargs['required'] = True
if kwargs.get('nargs') == ZERO_OR_MORE and 'default' not in kwargs:
kwargs['required'] = True
At the start of parsing, all 'default' values are added to the 'args' Namespace.
If an Action is "seen", either via the appropriate flag string, or a positional
value, it is added to the "seen_actions" list.
At the end of parsing, it iterates through all the '_actions'. If it is not in
the 'seen_actions' list, and is marked "required", it gets added to the
'reqiuired_action' error list.
So even though your Action has a 'default' it is still required. The default
is, in effect, ignored. The nargs value (default or not) has priority in
setting the 'required' value.
'?/*' nargs require special handling. This nargs requirement is satisfied by
an empty list. Such a positional will, in effect, always be seen. But if a
explicit default is provided, that will over write the empty list.
Handling defaults is inherently tricky. But except for the special '?/*' case,
specifying a 'default' with a positional doesn't make much sense.
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nosy: +paul.j3
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