gh-117941: Reject option names starting with "--no-" in argparse.BooleanOptionalAction (GH-125894)

They never worked correctly.
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Serhiy Storchaka 2024-11-11 18:28:30 +02:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -863,6 +863,9 @@ class BooleanOptionalAction(Action):
_option_strings.append(option_string)
if option_string.startswith('--'):
if option_string.startswith('--no-'):
raise ValueError(f'invalid option name {option_string!r} '
f'for BooleanOptionalAction')
option_string = '--no-' + option_string[2:]
_option_strings.append(option_string)

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@ -789,6 +789,13 @@ class TestBooleanOptionalAction(ParserTestCase):
self.assertIn("got an unexpected keyword argument 'const'", str(cm.exception))
def test_invalid_name(self):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
parser.add_argument('--no-foo', action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception),
"invalid option name '--no-foo' for BooleanOptionalAction")
class TestBooleanOptionalActionRequired(ParserTestCase):
"""Tests BooleanOptionalAction required"""

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@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
:class:`!argparse.BooleanOptionalAction` now rejects option names starting
with ``--no-``.