[issue22500] Argparse always stores True for positional arguments

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[issue22500] Argparse always stores True for positional arguments

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[issue22500] Argparse always stores True for positional arguments

paul j3 added the comment: A 'store_true' action takes 0 arguments. In effect `nargs=0`. With an `optional` (flagged) argument, the default `False` is used if the flag is absent, and set to `True` when the flag is encountered (its Action `__call__` function is run). A `positional` is 'encoun

[issue22500] Argparse always stores True for positional arguments

New submission from Tristan Fisher: It's my understanding that giving the action="store_true" to an argument in argparse defaults to False. When using non-double-dashed/positional arguments, the argument resorts to True (even if explicitly marked default=False). I've attached a minimal exampl