[issue38736] argparse: wrong type from get_default when type is set

[paul j3]

paul j3 <ajipanca at gmail.com> added the comment:

Yes you can set the default to be any object, such as an evaluated string.  If it isn't a string it won't be passed through 'type'.

The purpose of the delayed evaluation that I described is to avoid unnecessary evaluations.  The worse case would be a write filetype.  You don't want to create (or over write) a default file if it never gets used.

(I intend to close this issue).

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