[issue26235] argparse docs: Positional * argument in mutually exclusive group requires a default parameter

[Terry J. Reedy]

Changes by Terry J. Reedy :


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[issue26235] argparse docs: Positional * argument in mutually exclusive group requires a default parameter

[paul j3]

New submission from paul j3:

The documentation for Mutual exclusion

https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#mutual-exclusion

needs a note that a mutually exclusive group may contain one positional 
argument.  But that argument must be either nargs='?', or nargs='*'.  If '*' it 
must also have a default parameter (other than None).

(this issue came up recently on stackoverflow.  It may have also been raised in 
the past as a bug/issue, but I don't have time at moment to search.  I had to 
search through several layers of code to remember all the details.)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35044288/how-can-i-create-an-argparse-mutually-exclusive-group-with-multiple-positional-p

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title: argparse docs: Positional * argument in mutually exclusive group 
requires a default parameter
versions: Python 3.6

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