New submission from py.user:
>>> import argparse
>>>
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
>>> _ = parser.add_argument('foo', choices=[], help='%(choices)s')
>>> parser.print_help()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 2358, in print_help
self._print_message(self.format_help(), file)
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 2342, in format_help
return formatter.format_help()
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 278, in format_help
help = self._root_section.format_help()
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 208, in format_help
func(*args)
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 208, in format_help
func(*args)
File "/home/guest/tmp/tests/misc/git/example/cpython/main/Lib/argparse.py",
line 517, in _format_action
parts.append('%*s%s\n' % (indent_first, '', help_lines[0]))
IndexError: list index out of range
>>>
It's not very useful to print empty choices, but the choices list could be
formed dynamically. So the command-line user can't figure out what's happen.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 245297
nosy: py.user
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: In argparse empty choices cannot be printed in the help
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6
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<http://bugs.python.org/issue24444>
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