paul j3 added the comment: Positionals with '*' are discussed in more detail in:
http://bugs.python.org/issue9625 - argparse: Problem with defaults for variable nargs when using choices http://bugs.python.org/issue16878 - argparse: positional args with nargs='*' defaults to [] http://bugs.python.org/issue18943 - argparse: default args in mutually exclusive groups I would suggest closing this issue, and refining the documentation patch in 16878 to note that a '*' positional default does not get evaluated. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17250> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
