New submission from Julien Castets: argparse.add_argument replaces dashes with underscores. If an argument contains another non alphanum character, accessing to it will result to a syntax error.
#! /usr/bin/env python import argparse if __name__ == '__main__': argParser = argparse.ArgumentParser() argParser.add_argument('--foo+', action='store_true') arguments = argParser.parse_args() print 'getattr foo+: %s' % getattr(arguments, 'foo+') # ok print arguments.foo+ # syntax error The patch replaces every non alnum character with an underscore. ---------- components: None files: argparse.patch keywords: patch messages: 170361 nosy: brmzkw priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse non alphanum characters replacement type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27178/argparse.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue15929> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com