[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

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[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

hai shi added the comment: It exists in master, so it still need a patch. -- nosy: +rhettinger, shihai1991 versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 2.7, Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

Ananthakrishnan added the comment: Is this issue still needed? Can I add a pull request for this. -- nosy: +Ananthakrishnan ___ Python tracker ___

[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

Jackson Riley added the comment: Hi all, I'm a newcomer and wanted to try to make this change, is it still wanted/needed? -- nosy: +jacksonriley ___ Python tracker ___

[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

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[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

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[issue9182] document “--” as a way to distinguish option w/ narg='+' from positional argument in argparse

Steven Bethard steven.beth...@gmail.com added the comment: Ok, here's what I think needs to go into the documentation here: (1) Add a separate section to the argparse docs about '--'. Give examples like the ones in this issue, and show how '--' can solve them (2) Cross-reference the section