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argparse parsing (mingling --option and optional positional argument) #68411

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bobjalex mannequin opened this issue May 18, 2015 · 3 comments
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argparse parsing (mingling --option and optional positional argument) #68411

bobjalex mannequin opened this issue May 18, 2015 · 3 comments
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bobjalex mannequin commented May 18, 2015

BPO 24223
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  • bpo-15112: argparse: nargs='*' positional argument doesn't accept any items if preceded by an option and another positional
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title = 'argparse parsing (mingling --option and optional positional argument)'
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    bobjalex mannequin commented May 18, 2015

    Here is simple example of failure to parse arguments that should parse OK. In the following little program, the second from last line contains an aargument sequence that parses OK, but the last line should but doesn't.

    import argparse
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--option", action="store_true")
ap.add_argument("arg_1")
ap.add_argument("arg_2", nargs="?")
print("test 1:", ap.parse_args(["abc", "mmm", "--option"]))
print("test 2:", ap.parse_args(["abc", "--option", "mmm"]))

    @bobjalex bobjalex mannequin added stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels May 18, 2015
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    vadmium commented May 18, 2015

    I suggest this is a duplicate of bpo-15112. The same problem also happens with nargs="*", and that issue apparently has a patch to handle both cases.

    For the record, this is the resulting error, and a demo that it works if the option comes before the positional arguments:

    >>> print("test 2:", ap.parse_args(["abc", "--option", "mmm"]))
usage: [-h] [--option] arg_1 [arg_2]
: error: unrecognized arguments: mmm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 1729, in parse_args
    self.error(msg % ' '.join(argv))
  File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 2385, in error
    self.exit(2, _('%(prog)s: error: %(message)s\n') % args)
  File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 2372, in exit
    _sys.exit(status)
  File "/home/pythonstartup.py", line 345, in exit
    raise SystemExit(code)
__main__.SystemExit: 2
>>> ap.parse_args(["--option", "abc", "mmm"])
Namespace(arg_1='abc', arg_2='mmm', option=True)

    @vadmium vadmium closed this as completed May 18, 2015
    @vadmium vadmium changed the title argparse parsing bug argparse parsing (mingling --option and optional positional argument) May 18, 2015
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    bobjalex mannequin commented May 21, 2015

    Thanks for the note, Martin. I agree that it's a duplicate. (I had done a
    brief search for possible dups, but didn't find that one!)

    Bob

    On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Martin Panter <report@bugs.python.org>
    wrote:

    >
> Martin Panter added the comment:
>
> I suggest this is a duplicate of Issue 15112. The same problem also
> happens with nargs="*", and that issue apparently has a patch to handle
> both cases.
>
> For the record, this is the resulting error, and a demo that it works if
> the option comes before the positional arguments:
>
> >>> print("test 2:", ap.parse_args(["abc", "--option", "mmm"]))
> usage: [-h] [--option] arg_1 [arg_2]
> : error: unrecognized arguments: mmm
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 1729, in
> parse_args
>     self.error(msg % ' '.join(argv))
>   File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 2385, in error
>     self.exit(2, _('%(prog)s: error: %(message)s\n') % args)
>   File "/home/proj/python/cpython/Lib/argparse.py", line 2372, in exit
>     _sys.exit(status)
>   File "/home/pythonstartup.py", line 345, in exit
>     raise SystemExit(code)
> __main__.SystemExit: 2
> >>> ap.parse_args(["--option", "abc", "mmm"])
> Namespace(arg_1='abc', arg_2='mmm', option=True)
>
>

    nosy: +vadmium
    resolution: -> duplicate
    stage: -> resolved
    status: open -> closed
    superseder: -> argparse: nargs='*' positional argument doesn't accept any
    items if preceded by an option and another positional
    title: argparse parsing bug -> argparse parsing (mingling --option and
    optional positional argument)

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