def __init__(self, *names, **attrs):
        self._attrs = attrs
        self._short_opts = []
        self._long_opts = []
        self.dest = attrs.get('dest')
        if self.TYPE_WARN:
            try:
                help = attrs['help']
                if '%default' in help:
                    warnings.warn(
                        'pytest now uses argparse. "%default" should be'
                        ' changed to "%(default)s" ',
                        FutureWarning,
                        stacklevel=3)
            except KeyError:
                pass
        try:
            typ = attrs['type']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        else:
            # this might raise a keyerror as well, don't want to catch that
            if isinstance(typ, py.builtin._basestring):
                if typ == 'choice':
                    if self.TYPE_WARN:
                        warnings.warn(
                            'type argument to addoption() is a string %r.'
                            ' For parsearg this is optional and when supplied '
                            ' should be a type.'
                            ' (options: %s)' % (typ, names),
                            FutureWarning,
                            stacklevel=3)
                    # argparse expects a type here take it from
                    # the type of the first element
                    attrs['type'] = type(attrs['choices'][0])
                else:
                    if self.TYPE_WARN:
                        warnings.warn(
                            'type argument to addoption() is a string %r.'
                            ' For parsearg this should be a type.'
                            ' (options: %s)' % (typ, names),
                            FutureWarning,
                            stacklevel=3)
                    attrs['type'] = Argument._typ_map[typ]
                # used in test_parseopt -> test_parse_defaultgetter
                self.type = attrs['type']
            else:
                self.type = typ
        try:
            # attribute existence is tested in Config._processopt
            self.default = attrs['default']
        except KeyError:
            pass
        self._set_opt_strings(names)
        if not self.dest:
            if self._long_opts:
                self.dest = self._long_opts[0][2:].replace('-', '_')
            else:
                try:
                    self.dest = self._short_opts[0][1:]
                except IndexError:
                    raise ArgumentError(
                        'need a long or short option', self)
Test reading an array of strings
dataset/ETHPy150Open pytest-dev/pytest/_pytest/config.py/Argument.__init__--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open Unidata/siphon/siphon/cdmr/tests/test_dataset.py/test_strings