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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/argparse.py | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_argparse.py | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-12-15-06-29-00.bpo-46080.AuQpLt.rst | 3 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py index e177e4fe03..b71a6703c3 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ class BooleanOptionalAction(Action): option_string = '--no-' + option_string[2:] _option_strings.append(option_string) - if help is not None and default is not None: + if help is not None and default is not None and default is not SUPPRESS: help += " (default: %(default)s)" super().__init__( diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py index 37a73e0686..9d66ace547 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py @@ -3597,6 +3597,8 @@ class TestHelpUsage(HelpTestCase): Sig('--bar', help='Whether to bar', default=True, action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction), Sig('-f', '--foobar', '--barfoo', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction), + Sig('--bazz', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction, + default=argparse.SUPPRESS, help='Bazz!'), ] argument_group_signatures = [ (Sig('group'), [ @@ -3609,8 +3611,8 @@ class TestHelpUsage(HelpTestCase): usage = '''\ usage: PROG [-h] [-w W [W ...]] [-x [X ...]] [--foo | --no-foo] [--bar | --no-bar] - [-f | --foobar | --no-foobar | --barfoo | --no-barfoo] [-y [Y]] - [-z Z Z Z] + [-f | --foobar | --no-foobar | --barfoo | --no-barfoo] + [--bazz | --no-bazz] [-y [Y]] [-z Z Z Z] a b b [c] [d ...] e [e ...] ''' help = usage + '''\ @@ -3627,6 +3629,7 @@ class TestHelpUsage(HelpTestCase): --foo, --no-foo Whether to foo --bar, --no-bar Whether to bar (default: True) -f, --foobar, --no-foobar, --barfoo, --no-barfoo + --bazz, --no-bazz Bazz! group: -y [Y] y diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-12-15-06-29-00.bpo-46080.AuQpLt.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-12-15-06-29-00.bpo-46080.AuQpLt.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e42d84e31e --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-12-15-06-29-00.bpo-46080.AuQpLt.rst @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +Fix exception in argparse help text generation if a +:class:`argparse.BooleanOptionalAction` argument's default is +``argparse.SUPPRESS`` and it has ``help`` specified. Patch by Felix Fontein.
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