New submission from Xiang Zhong <zhongxiang...@gmail.com>:
Additional argument like "allow_abbrev_short" should be added to avoid those potential bugs due to abbreviations on short options cannot be handled by "allow_abbrev". To reproduce and be well explanation, please check on my attached testing file. The following is the excerpt: 1) contents in link: https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#prefix-matching should be updated to long options (two dashes) 2) bugs may happen due to `allow_abbrev' cannot handle short options when recycling top-level arguments by using `add_subparsers' ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: myargparse.py messages: 397268 nosy: zhongxiang117 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse: potential bugs on add_subparser due to allow_abbrev cannot deal with short options type: behavior versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9 Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file50143/myargparse.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44601> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
