[New-bugs-announce] [issue20598] argparse docs: '7'.split() is confusing magic

[Thomas Guettler]

New submission from Thomas Guettler:

I think the docs of argparse still contain confusing magic:

parser.parse_args('7'.split())


You know what it does and I know it. But a lot of people new to Python, don't understand what this should be.

Please use:

parser.parse_args(['7'])


Close this ticket, if you don't care for people new to Python.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 210950
nosy: docs at python, guettli
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: argparse docs: '7'.split() is confusing magic
versions: Python 2.7

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