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diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index be276bb62f..9a067196da 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1209,11 +1209,6 @@ class Namespace(_AttributeHolder):
return NotImplemented
return vars(self) == vars(other)
- def __ne__(self, other):
- if not isinstance(other, Namespace):
- return NotImplemented
- return not (self == other)
-
def __contains__(self, key):
return key in self.__dict__
@@ -1595,6 +1590,7 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
- argument_default -- The default value for all arguments
- conflict_handler -- String indicating how to handle conflicts
- add_help -- Add a -h/-help option
+ - allow_abbrev -- Allow long options to be abbreviated unambiguously
"""
def __init__(self,
@@ -1608,7 +1604,8 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
fromfile_prefix_chars=None,
argument_default=None,
conflict_handler='error',
- add_help=True):
+ add_help=True,
+ allow_abbrev=True):
superinit = super(ArgumentParser, self).__init__
superinit(description=description,
@@ -1626,6 +1623,7 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
self.formatter_class = formatter_class
self.fromfile_prefix_chars = fromfile_prefix_chars
self.add_help = add_help
+ self.allow_abbrev = allow_abbrev
add_group = self.add_argument_group
self._positionals = add_group(_('positional arguments'))
@@ -2103,23 +2101,24 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
action = self._option_string_actions[option_string]
return action, option_string, explicit_arg
- # search through all possible prefixes of the option string
- # and all actions in the parser for possible interpretations
- option_tuples = self._get_option_tuples(arg_string)
-
- # if multiple actions match, the option string was ambiguous
- if len(option_tuples) > 1:
- options = ', '.join([option_string
- for action, option_string, explicit_arg in option_tuples])
- args = {'option': arg_string, 'matches': options}
- msg = _('ambiguous option: %(option)s could match %(matches)s')
- self.error(msg % args)
-
- # if exactly one action matched, this segmentation is good,
- # so return the parsed action
- elif len(option_tuples) == 1:
- option_tuple, = option_tuples
- return option_tuple
+ if self.allow_abbrev:
+ # search through all possible prefixes of the option string
+ # and all actions in the parser for possible interpretations
+ option_tuples = self._get_option_tuples(arg_string)
+
+ # if multiple actions match, the option string was ambiguous
+ if len(option_tuples) > 1:
+ options = ', '.join([option_string
+ for action, option_string, explicit_arg in option_tuples])
+ args = {'option': arg_string, 'matches': options}
+ msg = _('ambiguous option: %(option)s could match %(matches)s')
+ self.error(msg % args)
+
+ # if exactly one action matched, this segmentation is good,
+ # so return the parsed action
+ elif len(option_tuples) == 1:
+ option_tuple, = option_tuples
+ return option_tuple
# if it was not found as an option, but it looks like a negative
# number, it was meant to be positional