[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

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[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

Irit Katriel added the comment: This is over a decade old and the discussion is mostly that it's not worth doing, so I suggest we close. -- nosy: +iritkatriel resolution: -> rejected status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

hai shi added the comment: paul, raymond. Thanks for give me a quick answer:). Looks raymond's reason is good enough, i just only consider this question from api completeness(as paul said) not from user case. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > The use case for me is I create an argument group and > then conditionally add a bunch of arguments to it. > If zero arguments are added I would like to then remove > the group so that an empty group does not show up > in the help output. ISTM this us

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

paul j3 added the comment: hai shi Do you have a specific need for this, or do you want it just for the same of completeness? -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

hai shi added the comment: IMHO, if we supply the ability to add an argument group, we need add the ability to remove the argument group too. -- nosy: +shihai1991 ___ Python tracker _

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

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[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

paul j3 added the comment: If the empty argument group has a 'description' it is displayed. For example with positionals group that I mentioned earlier: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser._action_groups[0].description = 'test' parser.print_help() produces usage: ipy

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

paul j3 added the comment: I wonder if this patch is needed. - there hasn't been discussion in 4 years - In Steven's use case, a group without any arguments, the group does not show up. A common example of an empty argument group, is a parser without any user defined arguments. p=argp

[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

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[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

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[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

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[issue9350] add remove_argument_group to argparse

New submission from Steven Bethard : [From http://code.google.com/p/argparse/issues/detail?id=71] There is a method ArgumentParser.add_argument_group() to create and add an argument group to the parser. I would like the ability to remove an argument group via a method like remove_argument_gro