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  r86111 | steven.bethard | 2010-11-02 13:47:22 +0100 (Tue, 02 Nov 2010) | 1 line

  Fix bug 9340 - argparse parse_known_args didn't work with subparsers
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 318e49ba95..98374323c9 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ ZERO_OR_MORE = '*'
 ONE_OR_MORE = '+'
 PARSER = 'A...'
 REMAINDER = '...'
+_UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR = '_unrecognized_args'
 
 # =============================
 # Utility functions and classes
@@ -1083,7 +1084,12 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
             raise ArgumentError(self, msg)
 
         # parse all the remaining options into the namespace
-        parser.parse_args(arg_strings, namespace)
+        # store any unrecognized options on the object, so that the top
+        # level parser can decide what to do with them
+        namespace, arg_strings = parser.parse_known_args(arg_strings, namespace)
+        if arg_strings:
+            vars(namespace).setdefault(_UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR, [])
+            getattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR).extend(arg_strings)
 
 
 # ==============
@@ -1701,7 +1707,11 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
 
         # parse the arguments and exit if there are any errors
         try:
-            return self._parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+            namespace, args = self._parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+            if hasattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR):
+                args.extend(getattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR))
+                delattr(namespace, _UNRECOGNIZED_ARGS_ATTR)
+            return namespace, args
         except ArgumentError:
             err = _sys.exc_info()[1]
             self.error(str(err))