https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7a918411a300ddeef06d7f984bd23de8f6438421 commit: 7a918411a300ddeef06d7f984bd23de8f6438421 branch: main author: Owen Carey <[email protected]> committer: savannahostrowski <[email protected]> date: 2026-09-05T17:00:22Z summary:
gh-127296: Document that argparse count action starts from a non-zero default (#156908) Co-authored-by: Savannah Ostrowski <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/argparse.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index b2318ddace8514..fc5302d875fc1f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ how the command-line arguments should be handled. The supplied actions are: >>> parser.parse_args(['-vvv']) Namespace(verbose=3) - Note, the *default* will be ``None`` unless explicitly set to *0*. + Unless explicitly set, the *default* will be ``None``. If the default + value is a non-zero number, the count starts from that number rather + than from zero. * ``'help'`` - This prints a complete help message for all the options in the current parser and then exits. By default a help action is automatically _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
