Brian Skinn <bsk...@alum.mit.edu> added the comment: I second Wolfgang's recommendation to change the default back to `False`.
I started developing CLI apps &c. in Python ~4yrs ago; I dabbled briefly in 2.7, then switched firmly to Python 3. When I started, I was aimed at supporting 3.3 to 3.5; now I'm specifically supporting 3.4 to 3.6, but starting to test my code against the 3.7b versions. Thus, all I've ever known is the default `required=False` behavior. On my one tool currently using subparsers (https://github.com/bskinn/sphobjinv), I made the subparser choice optional, to allow a `sphobjinv --version` invocation. So, when 3.7 failed that test (https://github.com/bskinn/sphobjinv/blob/6c1f22e40dc3d129485462aec05adbed2ff40ab8/sphobjinv/test/sphobjinv_cli.py#L419-L422), it seemed like a regression to me. All that said, given that the `subparsers.required = False` fix is a clean, single line, I have no beef with a `True` default if that's preferred. However, please include this change in the 3.7 CHANGELOG, at least. ---------- nosy: +bskinn _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33109> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
