bpo-39546: argparse: Honor allow_abbrev=False for specified prefix_chars (GH-18337)
When `allow_abbrev` was first added, disabling the abbreviation of long options broke the grouping of short flags ([bpo-26967](https://bugs.python.org/issue26967)). As a fix, b1e4d1b603 (contained in v3.8) ignores `allow_abbrev=False` for a given argument string if the string does _not_ start with "--" (i.e. it doesn't look like a long option). This fix, however, doesn't take into account that long options can start with alternative characters specified via `prefix_chars`, introducing a regression: `allow_abbrev=False` has no effect on long options that start with an alternative prefix character. The most minimal fix would be to replace the "starts with --" check with a "starts with two prefix_chars characters". But `_get_option_tuples` already distinguishes between long and short options, so let's instead piggyback off of that check by moving the `allow_abbrev` condition into `_get_option_tuples`. https://bugs.python.org/issue39546
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Kyle Meyer committed
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on 2/18/2020, 9:48:57 AM