[issue33343] [argparse] Add subcommand abbreviations

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I am closing this as a duplicate of #12713. Paul, if you think that also should be closed, say so there if you have not done so yet. -- nosy: +terry.reedy resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue33343] [argparse] Add subcommand abbreviations

Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- assignee: -> bethard nosy: +bethard ___ Python tracker ___

[issue33343] [argparse] Add subcommand abbreviations

paul j3 added the comment: This issue was raised in https://bugs.python.org/issue12713, argparse: allow abbreviation of sub commands by users A patch was implemented, and then reverted when it was found to be buggy. Subcommands are not parsed the same as long options.

[issue33343] [argparse] Add subcommand abbreviations

Change by Brett Cannon : -- title: Subcommand abbreviations -> [argparse] Add subcommand abbreviations ___ Python tracker ___