paul j3 added the comment: I need to make one correction to my last post:
'-x 1 2 -w 3 4 5 6', # w:3, x:[1,2], y:4, z:[5,6] + # w:3, x:[1], y:2, z:[4,5,6] - The second solution is only possible if 'z' is not consumed when 'y' is being processed. In current version, if consume_positionals() is called with a 'AOAAAA' pattern, 'y' will match the first 'A', and 'z' will match ''. That means '4 5 6' will be left over. It's only when I use the patch in http://bugs.python.org/issue14191#msg187051 (argparse doesn't allow optionals within positionals) that the processing 'z' is delayed, so it can get [4,5,6]. So at least with the 4 arguments in this example, bethard's idea only seems to make a difference in the case of '-w 1 -x 2 3 4 5', where 'y' lays claim to the last string, and '-x' gets the rest. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9338> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com