New submission from Julian Gilbey <julian-pyt...@d-and-j.net>:
With code like the following: ~~~~ import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Test program", formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, ) parser.add_argument( "--foo", help="Use the foo component.", action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, default=True, ) args = parser.parse_args() ~~~~ a call "python prog.py --help" then gives: ~~~~ usage: prog.py [-h] [--foo | --no-foo] Test program optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --foo, --no-foo Use the foo component. (default: True) (default: True) ~~~~ Note the repeated "(default: True)", one produced by the BooleanOptionalAction class and the other by the ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter. It would be good if they didn't both add this helpful information. My suggestion would be that BooleanOptionalAction should not include this information; it is unique in doing so. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 395559 nosy: juliangilbey priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse.BooleanOptionalAction interacts poorly with ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter type: behavior versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44383> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com