hi! on pants 2.19, I'm seeing an unexpected behavior with a subsystem

BoolOption

class MySubsystem(Subsystem):
    test = BoolOption(
        default=None,
        help=softwrap("test"),
        advanced=False,
    )

From the doc string, I expect the default value to be

None

, but I'm seeing

False

instead. From the help output:

--[no-]mysubsystem-test
  PANTS_MYSUBSYSTEM_TEST
  test
      default: None
      current value: False
      test

Any insight would be appreciated.

What happens if you omit

default=

entirely?

it throws an exception that default is required

Not that this solves the mystery of the docstring, but you can use

TriBoolField

sorry, i'm new to pants, but are the Field types interchangeable with Option types for use in a Subsystem?

oh, my bad, you are correct, they are not interchangeable

i found a workaround for now. rather than check the value for

None

, i can use the

is_flagged

method to check if a value was supplied.

Hmmm, so that documentation is misleading...

personally i think it's a bug. the other scalar types behave as expected when default=None.

Hmm, can you file an issue? The behavior should be consistent, so I'd tend to agree it's a bug if it isn't

sure, will do

This feels relevant...

pants.option.parser

neat