Yauhen <actionless.lovel...@gmail.com> added the comment: I am adding one more testcase in order to clarify more the problem:
import argparse import sys parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=sys.argv[0], add_help=False) parser.add_argument('-a', action='store_true') parser.add_argument('-b', action='store_true') parser.add_argument('-c', action='store_true') parsed_args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args(sys.argv[1:]) print(parsed_args) print(unknown_args) $ python argparse_test.py -ab Namespace(a=True, b=True, c=False) [] Expected result: $ python argparse_test.py -ab -cd Namespace(a=True, b=True, c=True) ['-d'] Actual result: $ python argparse_test.py -ab -cd usage: argparse_test.py [-a] [-b] [-c] argparse_test.py: error: argument -c: ignored explicit argument 'd' ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32756> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com