Public bug reported:
Using the following example:
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#!/usr/bin/python
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--test", dest="test", type=str,
default=[], action='append')
args = parser.parse_args()
args.test.append("something")
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Then running it with simply "python test.py" (WITHOUT passing --test), you get
the following:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 11, in <module>
args.test.append("something")
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'
My understanding of argparse is that when using both default=[] and
action="append", args.test should always be a list, empty if not passing
--test or a list containing the --test values if passed. After the
recent update, it seems to instead default to an empty string.
This must somehow be related to the type field as for some reason,
removing "type=str" fixes the issue though I don't really see why and
it's still a clear regression.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Regression in argparse for both python2.7 and python3.2
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