[issue9334] argparse does not accept options taking arguments beginning with dash (regression from optparse)

[Eric Smith]

Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> added the comment:

Good point, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe ArgumentParser needs a "don't try to be so helpful, parse like optparse" option. Which is what Steven suggested earlier, I believe.

I'd take a crack at this if there's general consensus on that solution.

We can change the documentation to point out the issue now, but the feature request can only go in 3.3.

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