[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

Change by Martin Panter : -- superseder: -> Add "necessarily inclusive" groups to argparse ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

paul j3 added the comment: I propose closing this with reference to http://bugs.python.org/issue11588 -- status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

paul j3 added the comment: http://bugs.python.org/issue11588 is an earlier request for 'necessarily inclusive' groups. The patches that I proposed there are more general, allowing for other logical combinations of arguments, as well as nesting groups. As such it is more complex than your

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

Changes by R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com: -- versions: -Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23298 ___

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

R. David Murray added the comment: Well, it doesn't make much sense in the English language sense. If I got that error message I'd have no idea what was wrong. It sounds like what you want to do is dynamically make some arguments be required, depending on whether or not other arguments are

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

New submission from dongwm: Sometimes I need to use argparse like this: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='PROG') group = parser.add_mutually_dependence_group() group.add_argument('--foo') group.add_argument('--bar') parser.parse_args(['--foo', 'f', '--bar', 'b']) Namespace(bar='b',

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

Changes by dongwm ciici...@gmail.com: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37816/argparse_test.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23298 ___

[issue23298] Add ArgumentParser.add_mutually_dependence_group

Changes by dongwm ciici...@gmail.com: Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37815/argparse_doc.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue23298 ___