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paulj3 mannequin opened this issue Jan 29, 2016 · 2 comments
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argparse docs: Positional * argument in mutually exclusive group requires a default parameter #70423

paulj3 mannequin opened this issue Jan 29, 2016 · 2 comments
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paulj3 mannequin commented Jan 29, 2016
BPO 26235

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paulj3 mannequin commented Jan 29, 2016

The documentation for Mutual exclusion

https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#mutual-exclusion

needs a note that a mutually exclusive group may contain one positional argument. But that argument must be either nargs='?', or nargs='*'. If '*' it must also have a default parameter (other than None).

(this issue came up recently on stackoverflow. It may have also been raised in the past as a bug/issue, but I don't have time at moment to search. I had to search through several layers of code to remember all the details.)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35044288/how-can-i-create-an-argparse-mutually-exclusive-group-with-multiple-positional-p

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@ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
@erlend-aasland erlend-aasland moved this to Doc issues in Argparse issues May 19, 2022
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It was changed in #124306.

@serhiy-storchaka serhiy-storchaka closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Sep 26, 2024
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