[issue24419] In argparse action append_const doesn't work for positional arguments

[py.user]

py.user added the comment:

paul j3 wrote:
> The name (and hence the 'dest') must be unique.

The problem is in the dest argument of add_argument(). Why user can't set a custom name for a positional?

We can use this list not only for positionals but for optionals too.

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