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

2016-01-29 Thread Terry J. Reedy
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[issue26235] argparse docs: Positional * argument in mutually exclusive group requires a default parameter

2016-01-28 Thread 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