[issue41087] Argparse int / float default
paul j3
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Jun 23 12:20:44 EDT 2020
paul j3 <ajipanca at gmail.com> added the comment:
No, parameters like `type` let the developer control what his users provides. Violating that produces a runtime error, and exit.
But in general argparse does not try to control values that the developer uses. There's plenty of time during development to catch error such as this - if they are errors at all.
'type' does not 'declare' what the attribute will be. It is a function that is applied to the input string, and converts that to something or other, or raises a TypeError. It is used only if there is a string value to work on, either from the user, or a string default.
This is not a bug, so should be closed.
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