From 84125fed2a45a9e454d7e870d8bbaf6ece3d41e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:58:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-16468: Clarify which objects can be passed to "choices" in argparse (GH-15566) --- Doc/library/argparse.rst | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index ef2fd42783..368b1cfebf 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -1102,9 +1102,8 @@ container should match the type_ specified:: usage: doors.py [-h] {1,2,3} doors.py: error: argument door: invalid choice: 4 (choose from 1, 2, 3) -Any object that supports the ``in`` operator can be passed as the *choices* -value, so :class:`dict` objects, :class:`set` objects, custom containers, -etc. are all supported. +Any container can be passed as the *choices* value, so :class:`list` objects, +:class:`set` objects, and custom containers are all supported. required -- 2.40.0