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-rw-r--r--Lib/argparse.py14
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_argparse.py22
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 38dd8e6..855ff5b 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -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))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index 1503ccd..74075bb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -1773,6 +1773,28 @@ class TestAddSubparsers(TestCase):
NS(foo=True, bar=0.125, w=None, x='c'),
)
+ def test_parse_known_args(self):
+ self.assertEqual(
+ self.parser.parse_known_args('0.5 1 b -w 7'.split()),
+ (NS(foo=False, bar=0.5, w=7, x='b'), []),
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ self.parser.parse_known_args('0.5 -p 1 b -w 7'.split()),
+ (NS(foo=False, bar=0.5, w=7, x='b'), ['-p']),
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ self.parser.parse_known_args('0.5 1 b -w 7 -p'.split()),
+ (NS(foo=False, bar=0.5, w=7, x='b'), ['-p']),
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ self.parser.parse_known_args('0.5 1 b -q -rs -w 7'.split()),
+ (NS(foo=False, bar=0.5, w=7, x='b'), ['-q', '-rs']),
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(
+ self.parser.parse_known_args('0.5 -W 1 b -X Y -w 7 Z'.split()),
+ (NS(foo=False, bar=0.5, w=7, x='b'), ['-W', '-X', 'Y', 'Z']),
+ )
+
def test_dest(self):
parser = ErrorRaisingArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--foo', action='store_true')