[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.2 -> default): Issue #9343: Document that argparse parent parsers must be configured before
steven.bethard
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Mar 26 21:52:17 CET 2011
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8bdc20468cbc
changeset: 68988:8bdc20468cbc
parent: 68985:2d6745f219b3
parent: 68986:d288666c1d58
user: Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com>
date: Sat Mar 26 21:51:56 2011 +0100
summary:
Issue #9343: Document that argparse parent parsers must be configured before their children. (Merge from 3.2.)
files:
Doc/library/argparse.rst | 5 +++++
Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@
:class:`ArgumentParser` will see two ``-h/--help`` options (one in the parent
and one in the child) and raise an error.
+.. note::
+ You must fully initialize the parsers before passing them via ``parents=``.
+ If you change the parent parsers after the child parser, those changes will
+ not be reflected in the child.
+
formatter_class
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@
- Issue #8982: Improve the documentation for the argparse Namespace object.
+- Issue #9343: Document that argparse parent parsers must be configured before
+ their children.
+
Build
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