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diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index f22aeb8..53ecc97 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -1123,6 +1123,9 @@ is used when no command-line argument was present:: >>> parser.parse_args([]) Namespace(foo=42) +For required_ arguments, the ``default`` value is ignored. For example, this +applies to positional arguments with nargs_ values other than ``?`` or ``*``, +or optional arguments marked as ``required=True``. Providing ``default=argparse.SUPPRESS`` causes no attribute to be added if the command-line argument was not present:: |