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[3.14] Update argparse suggest_on_error code snippet in docs (GH-144985) #145151

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[3.14] Update argparse suggest_on_error code snippet in docs (GH-144985) #145151

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12 changes: 5 additions & 7 deletions Doc/library/argparse.rst
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Expand Up @@ -604,13 +604,11 @@ subparser names, the feature can be enabled by setting ``suggest_on_error`` to
``True``. Note that this only applies for arguments when the choices specified
are strings::

>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some integers.',
suggest_on_error=True)
>>> parser.add_argument('--action', choices=['sum', 'max'])
>>> parser.add_argument('integers', metavar='N', type=int, nargs='+',
... help='an integer for the accumulator')
>>> parser.parse_args(['--action', 'sumn', 1, 2, 3])
tester.py: error: argument --action: invalid choice: 'sumn', maybe you meant 'sum'? (choose from 'sum', 'max')
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(suggest_on_error=True)
>>> parser.add_argument('--action', choices=['debug', 'dryrun'])
>>> parser.parse_args(['--action', 'debugg'])
usage: tester.py [-h] [--action {debug,dryrun}]
tester.py: error: argument --action: invalid choice: 'debugg', maybe you meant 'debug'? (choose from debug, dryrun)

If you're writing code that needs to be compatible with older Python versions
and want to opportunistically use ``suggest_on_error`` when it's available, you
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