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-rw-r--r--Lib/argparse.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_argparse.py4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index e3da7f0443..e0e367bf20 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ class _SubParsersAction(Action):
prog,
parser_class,
dest=SUPPRESS,
- required=True,
+ required=False,
help=None,
metavar=None):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index c4440e4df7..bcf15ce123 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -1932,7 +1932,9 @@ class TestAddSubparsers(TestCase):
parser = ErrorRaisingArgumentParser()
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest='command')
subparsers.add_parser('run')
- self._test_required_subparsers(parser)
+ # No error here
+ ret = parser.parse_args(())
+ self.assertIsNone(ret.command)
def test_optional_subparsers(self):
parser = ErrorRaisingArgumentParser()