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Author paul.j3
Recipients BreamoreBoy, bethard, chris.jerdonek, paul.j3
Date 2014-07-15.23:51:21
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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 []

http://bugs.python.org/issue18943 - argparse: default args in mutually exclusive groups

I would suggest closing this issue, and refining the documentation patch in 16878 to note that a '*' positional default does not get evaluated.
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2014-07-15 23:51:21paul.j3setrecipients: + paul.j3, bethard, chris.jerdonek, BreamoreBoy
2014-07-15 23:51:21paul.j3setmessageid: <1405468281.37.0.817100890356.issue17250@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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