[issue19959] argparse.FileType does not expand tilde "~"

[Garth Bushell]

New submission from Garth Bushell:

argparse.FileType does not expand tilde "~". 

This would be useful to take file parameters beginning with "~" and use os.path.expanduser to expand this.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 205949
nosy: garthy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: argparse.FileType does not expand tilde "~"
versions: Python 3.5

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