[issue16399] argparse:

2012-11-03 Thread Markus Amalthea Magnuson
New submission from Markus Amalthea Magnuson: If the default value for a flag is a list, and the action append is used, argparse doesn't seem to override the default, but instead adding to it. I did this test script: import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument

[issue16399] argparse: append action with default list adds to list instead of overriding

2012-11-03 Thread Markus Amalthea Magnuson
Changes by Markus Amalthea Magnuson markus.magnu...@gmail.com: -- title: argparse: - argparse: append action with default list adds to list instead of overriding ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16399