[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

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[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

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[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

paul j3 added the comment: Positionals with '*' are discussed in more detail in: http://bugs.python.org/issue9625 - argparse: Problem with defaults for variable nargs when using choices http://bugs.python.org/issue16878 - argparse: positional args with nargs='*' defaults to []

[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

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[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

New submission from paul j3: The production argparse applies the type conversion to a string default whether it is needed or not. With the 12776 and 15906 patch, that conversion is postponed, so that it is applied only once. However, for a positional argument with nargs='*', that conversion

[issue17250] argparse: Issue 15906 patch; positional with nargs='*' and string default

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