GH-59633: Clarify dest collisions in argparse docs (#150987)

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Savannah Ostrowski 2026-06-09 10:07:03 -07:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -1372,6 +1372,11 @@ behavior::
>>> parser.parse_args('--foo XXX'.split())
Namespace(bar='XXX')
Multiple arguments may share the same ``dest``. By default, the value from the
last such argument given on the command line wins. Use ``action='append'`` to
collect values from all of them into a list instead. For conflicting *option
strings* rather than ``dest`` names, see conflict_handler_.
.. versionchanged:: 3.15
Single-dash long option now takes precedence over short options.
@ -1780,6 +1785,11 @@ Subcommands
present, and when the ``b`` command is specified, only the ``foo`` and
``baz`` attributes are present.
If a subparser defines an argument with the same ``dest`` as the parent
parser, the two share a single namespace attribute, so the parent's value
won't be retained. Users should give them distinct ``dest`` values to
keep both.
Similarly, when a help message is requested from a subparser, only the help
for that particular parser will be printed. The help message will not
include parent parser or sibling parser messages. (A help message for each