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authorBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2015-01-20 04:55:51 (GMT)
committerBerker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>2015-01-20 04:55:51 (GMT)
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Issue #22317: Document the action parameter in ArgumentParser.add_subparsers() docs.
Patch by Mike Short.
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@@ -1499,12 +1499,15 @@ Sub-commands
* parser_class - class which will be used to create sub-parser instances, by
default the class of the current parser (e.g. ArgumentParser)
- * dest - name of the attribute under which sub-command name will be
+ * action_ - the basic type of action to be taken when this argument is
+ encountered at the command line
+
+ * dest_ - name of the attribute under which sub-command name will be
stored; by default None and no value is stored
- * help - help for sub-parser group in help output, by default None
+ * help_ - help for sub-parser group in help output, by default None
- * metavar - string presenting available sub-commands in help; by default it
+ * metavar_ - string presenting available sub-commands in help; by default it
is None and presents sub-commands in form {cmd1, cmd2, ..}
Some example usage::