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Re:Python finally offloads some batteries by jwilk on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:46AM (#30719896)
Link to the bug?
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Re:Python finally offloads some batteries by akvadrako on Friday March 18, 2022 @05:06AM (#30719981)
https://bugs.python.org/issue17050

Apparently after 7 years they decided it can't be fixed and updated the docs.

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Re:Python finally offloads some batteries by jwilk on Friday March 18, 2022 @01:45PM (#30725237)
I'm baffled with the resolution of this bug. Removing the docs doesn't help anybody.

In my experience, argparse.REMAINDER works reasonably well, and apparently I'm not alone; there's >100 packages in Debian that use it:

https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=%5Cbargparse%5B.%5DRE...

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