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[3.13] gh-127296: Document that argparse count action starts from a non-zero default (GH-156908) #156999

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Expand Up @@ -734,7 +734,9 @@ how the command-line arguments should be handled. The supplied actions are:
>>> parser.parse_args(['-vvv'])
Namespace(verbose=3)

Note, the *default* will be ``None`` unless explicitly set to *0*.
Unless explicitly set, the *default* will be ``None``. If the default
value is a non-zero number, the count starts from that number rather
than from zero.

* ``'help'`` - This prints a complete help message for all the options in the
current parser and then exits. By default a help action is automatically
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