[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #25314: Remove confused statement about const argument

[martin.panter]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c42a9233af04
changeset:   101001:c42a9233af04
branch:      2.7
parent:      100981:0f5eb87afd23
user:        Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date:        Sat Apr 09 03:49:48 2016 +0000
summary:
  Issue #25314: Remove confused statement about const argument

files:
  Doc/library/argparse.rst |  6 +++---
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -675,8 +675,7 @@
     Namespace(foo='1')
 
 * ``'store_const'`` - This stores the value specified by the const_ keyword
-  argument.  (Note that the const_ keyword argument defaults to the rather
-  unhelpful ``None``.)  The ``'store_const'`` action is most commonly used with
+  argument.  The ``'store_const'`` action is most commonly used with
   optional arguments that specify some sort of flag.  For example::
 
     >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -878,7 +877,8 @@
   command-line argument following it, the value of ``const`` will be assumed instead.
   See the nargs_ description for examples.
 
-The ``const`` keyword argument defaults to ``None``.
+With the ``'store_const'`` and ``'append_const'`` actions, the ``const``
+keyword argument must be given.  For other actions, is defaults to ``None``.
 
 
 default

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython