[issue11708] argparse: suggestion for formatting optional positional args

[Steven Bethard]

Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> added the comment:

I agree that this is a bug in current argparse formatting.

It might be a little difficult to fix though because the current option formatting handles arguments one at a time, and producing something like [arg1 [arg2]] requires some understanding of how arguments interact, which the formatter currently doesn't have.

But patches are certainly welcome.

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