Fix bug 9340 - argparse parse_known_args didn't work with subparsers

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Steven Bethard 2010-11-02 12:47:22 +00:00
parent b68928bea7
commit fca2e8aeb8
2 changed files with 34 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ ZERO_OR_MORE = '*'
ONE_OR_MORE = '+'
PARSER = 'A...'
REMAINDER = '...'
_UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR = '_unrecognized_args'
# =============================
# Utility functions and classes
@ -1083,7 +1084,12 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
raise ArgumentError(self, msg)
# parse all the remaining options into the namespace
parser.parse_args(arg_strings, namespace)
# store any unrecognized options on the object, so that the top
# level parser can decide what to do with them
namespace, arg_strings = parser.parse_known_args(arg_strings, namespace)
if arg_strings:
vars(namespace).setdefault(_UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR, [])
getattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR).extend(arg_strings)
# ==============
@ -1699,7 +1705,11 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
# parse the arguments and exit if there are any errors
try:
return self._parse_known_args(args, namespace)
namespace, args = self._parse_known_args(args, namespace)
if hasattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR):
args.extend(getattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR))
delattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR)
return namespace, args
except ArgumentError:
err = _sys.exc_info()[1]
self.error(str(err))