New submission from Endre: I am using argparse-1.4.0.
For this code exception is thrown when the script is started with the -h option: http://pastebin.com/dFF1paFA This exception is thrown: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\ebak\Picea\tools\buildsystem\python\kw_set_checkers.py", line 129, in <module> args = parser.parse_args() File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 1688, in parse_args args, argv = self.parse_known_args(args, namespace) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 1720, in parse_known_args namespace, args = self._parse_known_args(args, namespace) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 1926, in _parse_known_args start_index = consume_optional(start_index) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 1866, in consume_optional take_action(action, args, option_string) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 1794, in take_action action(self, namespace, argument_values, option_string) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 994, in __call__ parser.print_help() File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 2327, in print_help self._print_message(self.format_help(), file) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 2301, in format_help return formatter.format_help() File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 279, in format_help help = self._root_section.format_help() File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 209, in format_help func(*args) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 317, in _format_usage action_usage = format(optionals + positionals, groups) File "C:\Python27\lib\argparse.py", line 388, in _format_actions_usage start = actions.index(group._group_actions[0]) IndexError: list index out of range ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 264823 nosy: Endre priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse help formatter crashes type: crash versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26952> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com