[3.12] gh-81691: Fix handling of multiple "--" (double dashes) in argparse (GH-124233) (GH-124267)

Only the first one has now been removed, all subsequent ones are now
taken literally.
(cherry picked from commit aae126748f)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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Miss Islington (bot) 2024-09-20 12:02:30 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -2108,6 +2108,11 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
# and add the Positional and its args to the list
for action, arg_count in zip(positionals, arg_counts):
args = arg_strings[start_index: start_index + arg_count]
# Strip out the first '--' if it is not in PARSER or REMAINDER arg.
if (action.nargs not in [PARSER, REMAINDER]
and arg_strings_pattern.find('-', start_index,
start_index + arg_count) >= 0):
args.remove('--')
start_index += arg_count
take_action(action, args)
@ -2503,13 +2508,6 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
# Value conversion methods
# ========================
def _get_values(self, action, arg_strings):
# for everything but PARSER, REMAINDER args, strip out first '--'
if not action.option_strings and action.nargs not in [PARSER, REMAINDER]:
try:
arg_strings.remove('--')
except ValueError:
pass
# optional argument produces a default when not present
if not arg_strings and action.nargs == OPTIONAL:
if action.option_strings: