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-rw-r--r--Lib/argparse.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_argparse.py16
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-31-20-07-11.gh-issue-109475.lmTb9S.rst2
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 9e19f39..2131d72 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
# ========================
def _get_values(self, action, arg_strings):
# for everything but PARSER, REMAINDER args, strip out first '--'
- if action.nargs not in [PARSER, REMAINDER]:
+ if not action.option_strings and action.nargs not in [PARSER, REMAINDER]:
try:
arg_strings.remove('--')
except ValueError:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index 940d7e9..d1f3d40 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -5405,6 +5405,22 @@ class TestParseKnownArgs(TestCase):
args = parser.parse_args([])
self.assertEqual(NS(x=[]), args)
+ def test_double_dash(self):
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument('-f', '--foo', nargs='*')
+ parser.add_argument('bar', nargs='*')
+
+ args = parser.parse_args(['--foo=--'])
+ self.assertEqual(NS(foo=['--'], bar=[]), args)
+ args = parser.parse_args(['--foo', '--'])
+ self.assertEqual(NS(foo=[], bar=[]), args)
+ args = parser.parse_args(['-f--'])
+ self.assertEqual(NS(foo=['--'], bar=[]), args)
+ args = parser.parse_args(['-f', '--'])
+ self.assertEqual(NS(foo=[], bar=[]), args)
+ args = parser.parse_args(['--foo', 'a', 'b', '--', 'c', 'd'])
+ self.assertEqual(NS(foo=['a', 'b'], bar=['c', 'd']), args)
+
# ===========================
# parse_intermixed_args tests
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-31-20-07-11.gh-issue-109475.lmTb9S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-31-20-07-11.gh-issue-109475.lmTb9S.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7582cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-31-20-07-11.gh-issue-109475.lmTb9S.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix support of explicit option value "--" in :mod:`argparse` (e.g.
+``--option=--``).