- Issue #15906: Fix a regression in argparse caused by the preceding change,

when action='append', type='str' and default=[].

Lib/argparse.py

@@ -1961,6 +1961,7 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
                     # twice (which may fail) if the argument was given, but
                     # only if it was defined already in the namespace
                     if (action.default is not None and
+                        isinstance(action, _StoreAction) and
                         hasattr(namespace, action.dest) and
                         action.default is getattr(namespace, action.dest)):
                         setattr(namespace, action.dest,