[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
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[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Éric Araujo added the comment: FTR a contributor to #13271 (--help should work even if a type converter fails) indicated that it’s fixed by this patch, so it may be good to add a regression test. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
R. David Murray added the comment: Thanks, Arnaud and Mike. (And Steven, of course :) -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: - fixed stage: - committed/rejected status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1b614921aefa by R David Murray in branch '3.2': #12776,#11839: call argparse type function only once. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1b614921aefa New changeset 74f6d87cd471 by R David Murray in branch 'default': Merge #12776,#11839: call argparse type function only once. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/74f6d87cd471 New changeset 62b5667ef2f4 by R David Murray in branch '2.7': #12776,#11839: call argparse type function only once. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/62b5667ef2f4 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Steven Bethard steven.beth...@gmail.com added the comment: The patch looks good to me. I've updated it for trunk and to include Mike Meyer's additional test. All argparse tests pass. Anyone who's able to commit and backport, please do. (I should be able to commit myself, but it's now been too long and my SSH key seems to no longer work. I'll eventually get this sorted out, but as you may have noticed, I don't have much time for argparse these days, so best not to wait on me.) -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file26467/py3k-argparse-call-type-function-once-v5.patch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Mike Meyer m...@mired.org added the comment: I've just verified that this patch also fixes 13824 and 11839. The attached patchfile adds a test to verify that using a non-existent default file fails if you don't specify the argument, and succeeds if you do. Could someone please apply it? -- nosy: +Mike.Meyer Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file25438/fopatch ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Mike Meyer m...@mired.org added the comment: Sorry - got ahead of myself. It doesn't fix 13824. A deeper reading reveals that the problem wasn't quite what I thought it on first glance. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: Could you please apply this patch? It's been 4 months without reply now... -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: ping? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Steven Bethard steven.beth...@gmail.com added the comment: Could you add a test to verify that custom actions are still getting the converted values passed to their __call__? I suspect this may not be happening under the current patch - if that's the case, you may also need to add conversions in _get_values, where the lines look like value = action.default. Also, action.default == getattr(namespace, action.dest) should probably use is instead of ==. Other than that, the patch looks okay. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: Could you add a test to verify that custom actions are still getting the converted values passed to their __call__? I suspect this may not be happening under the current patch - if that's the case, you may also need to add conversions in _get_values, where the lines look like value = action.default. There seems to be already a test for that, namely TestActionUserDefined, which use type=float and type=int. The value is properly converted to {int,float} when passed to __call__(). Just in case, I also tested with a 'type' function I defined myself (which only returns float()) for OptionalAction and it's working fine. Also, action.default == getattr(namespace, action.dest) should probably use is instead of ==. Good point, it would be much better. Thanks for the advice. I have just modified the patch with that. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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flying sheep flying-sh...@web.de added the comment: this is annoying: i’m creating a reindentation script that reindents any valid python script. the user can specify if, and how many spaces he/she wants to use per indentation level. `0` or leaving the option out means “one tab per level”. if the argument is given, appended code works as intended. but in the default case, the code fails for any of the two default values i tried. i would expect that one of the default values works: either `0`, if the default value *is* converted via the `type` function, or `\t` if the default value bypasses it. it seems that argparse applies the `type` function to the default instantly, and then to the argument (be it the already-converted default or a passed option). this breaks `type` functions which aren’t reflexive for values from their result set, i.e.: `t(x) = y = t(y) = y` must be true for all `x` that the function can handle -- nosy: +flying sheep Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23767/argparse_test.py ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: Does the patch I attached fix your issue? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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flying sheep flying-sh...@web.de added the comment: i don’t know, since i get python from the ubuntu repositories, sorry. in which python release will this patch first be integrated? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: It would definitely help if you could apply the patch for Python 2.7 manually on your local installation (after making a backup of course). You can just download the patch for Python 2.7 then (only the first part of the patch can be applied, the second part is for the test so it doesn't matter): # cd /usr/lib/python2.7/ # patch -b -p2 -i /PATH/TO/THE/PATCH Thanks much. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: Mucking with your installed Python is probably a bad idea, and it may also be an old version (compared to the current development version which has seen hundreds of changes) where testing the patch would not give useful results. Please see the devguide. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: I have had a look at the issue more closely and my initial patch was not completely right as it didn't work properly with argparse_test.py despite all tests passing. Therefore, I have amended my patch to not check whether action.default was a basestring which didn't make sense at all, but check instead if action.default is None (action.default default value is None if not given to add_argument as far as I understand). I also added a test for the issue reported above as it was missing and ran patchcheck to make sure everything was fine. All the tests (include argparse_test.py) passes without problem. Could you please apply them? Many thanks. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: BTW, about argparse_test, the default should be either '0' or 0 but not '\t' AFAIK because even the default value is converted using the given type function. It fails even with the last 2.7 version but it works well with my patch... -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: Any news about applying these patches? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment: Thanks for the patch. I commented on the code review site, you should have received an email. -- nosy: +eric.araujo versions: +Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org added the comment: Thanks for the review. Sorry to send that here instead of the review page, but I get an error when replying: Invalid XSRF token.. This looks good, especially if all existing tests still pass as you report, but I wonder about one thing: you have removed the part where the conversion function was applied to the default value, so I expected you to edit the other line were the conversion function was already called, but that’s not the case. Am I misunderstanding something? Yes, sorry, I should have perhaps explained it in further details... Here are some examples: * Example test case 1: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--foo', type=type_foo_func, default='foo') parser.parse_args('--foo bar'.split()) = Before the patch, type function is called in parse_known_args() for the default given in add_argument(), and then in _parse_known_args() for '--foo bar' given in parse_args above, whereas type function should have been called only for the second one. * Example test case 2: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--foo', type=type_foo_func) parser.parse_args('--foo bar'.split()) = This was already working well before my patch. * Example test case 3: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('--foo', type=type_foo_func, default='foo') parser.parse_args('') = type_foo_func is called after parsing arguments (none in this case) in my patch. Therefore, my patch just moves the function type call after parsing the arguments (given to parse_args()) instead of before, only and only if it was not previously given in parse_args(). http://bugs.python.org/review/12776/diff/3181/9898#newcode1985 Lib/argparse.py:1985: if hasattr(namespace, action.dest) and \ It is recommended to use parens to group multi-line statements, backslashes are error-prone. I have just updated the patch on the bug report. Thanks. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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[issue12776] argparse: type conversion function should be called only once
New submission from Arnaud Fontaine ar...@debian.org: When specifying a function to be called in type keyword argument of add_argument(), the function is actually called twice (when a default value is set and then when the argument is given). While this may not be a problem in most cases (such as converting to an int for example), it is an issue for example when trying to open a file whose filename is given as a default value but is not accessible for whatever reason because the first call will fail whereas only the second should be done. I know this may sound like a twisted example but the type function should not be called twice anyhow IMHO. I tested with Python 2.7 and 3.2 from Debian packages only but the bug seems to be present in py3k and 2.7 hg branches as well. I have attached a small script showing the issue and two patches (for 2.7 and tip (py3k) hg branches), including an additional test case. All argparse tests pass well with 2.7 and 3.2. Hope that's ok. -- components: Library (Lib) files: example-argparse-type-function-called-twice.py messages: 142306 nosy: arnau priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse: type conversion function should be called only once type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file22926/example-argparse-type-function-called-twice.py ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue12776 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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