Subparser help does not respect SUPPRESS argument

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing argparse.py and the linked argparse_test.py and issue22848.py reproductions. Compare the proposed patches and the existing argparse behavior around subparsers and SUPPRESS, then run the relevant argparse tests. Done means the reported help output respects SUPPRESS without regressing related subparser behavior.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 22848
Nosy @warsaw, @gaul, @bitdancer, @mitar
Files
  • argparse_test.py: Quick python script illustrating the issue.
  • argparse.py: Proposed patch to argparse.py (python2.7)
  • argparse.patch
  • issue22484.patch: help=SUPPRESS hides a subparser
  • issue22848.py
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-11-11.17:51:37.710>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Subparser help does not respect SUPPRESS argument'
updated_at = <Date 2020-05-03.05:31:01.339>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/BrettHannigan'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-05-03.05:31:01.339>
actor = 'mitar'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2014-11-11.17:51:37.710>
creator = 'Brett.Hannigan'
dependencies = []
files = ['37177', '37178', '37187', '39040', '47574']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22848
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 14.0
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nosy_count = 11.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'gaul', 'bethard', 'r.david.murray', 'mitar', 'derks', 'paul.j3', 'mattlong', 'Brett.Hannigan', 'Drake Bridgewater', 'floreal']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22848'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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