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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/argparse.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/argparse.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py index df98999..4cc14f2 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -526,12 +526,13 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): parts = [action_header] # if there was help for the action, add lines of help text - if action.help: + if action.help and action.help.strip(): help_text = self._expand_help(action) - help_lines = self._split_lines(help_text, help_width) - parts.append('%*s%s\n' % (indent_first, '', help_lines[0])) - for line in help_lines[1:]: - parts.append('%*s%s\n' % (help_position, '', line)) + if help_text: + help_lines = self._split_lines(help_text, help_width) + parts.append('%*s%s\n' % (indent_first, '', help_lines[0])) + for line in help_lines[1:]: + parts.append('%*s%s\n' % (help_position, '', line)) # or add a newline if the description doesn't end with one elif not action_header.endswith('\n'): |