clarify argparse docs re: add_argument() type and default arguments

[cjerdonek]

BPO	15935
Nosy	@warsaw, @ezio-melotti, @bitdancer, @cjerdonek
Files	issue-15935-1.patch

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assignee = 'https://github.com/warsaw'
closed_at = <Date 2012-09-25.14:48:55.469>
created_at = <Date 2012-09-12.21:26:15.330>
labels = ['easy', 'type-bug', 'docs']
title = 'clarify argparse docs re: add_argument() type and default arguments'
updated_at = <Date 2012-09-25.15:10:02.767>
user = 'https://github.com/cjerdonek'

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actor = 'r.david.murray'
assignee = 'barry'
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
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status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15935'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3']

[cjerdonek]

This issue is to clarify in the documentation the argparse behavior for which tests were added in bpo-15906.

The behavior involves when the type callable should be applied to default arguments. See, for example, the following comment for what roughly needs to be added:

http://bugs.python.org/issue15906#msg170404

I will provide a patch.

[cjerdonek]

Attaching patch.

[bethard]

Looks good to me.

[cjerdonek]

If this looks good, can one of you three (Steven, Barry, or David) commit it in the three branches?

[warsaw]

Looks good to me too! Thanks; I'll apply the patch.

[python-dev]

New changeset b624059a8dac by Barry Warsaw in branch '2.7':

• Issue bpo-15935: Clarification of argparse docs, re: add_argument() type and
  http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b624059a8dac

New changeset b738e42e664a by Barry Warsaw in branch '3.2':

• Issue bpo-15935: Clarification of argparse docs, re: add_argument() type and
  http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b738e42e664a

[bitdancer]

FTR, the 3.3 commit is cce2bfe03dc5.