Strings args do not need to be parsed.

[hxse]

def test(a, b):
    print(a, b)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    fire.Fire(test)

python .\test.py 1 '2 3'
1 2 3

python .\test2.py 1 '""2 3""'
1 2 3

python .\test.py 1 '--2 3'
ERROR: The function received no value for the required argument: b

python .\test.py 1 '\"2 3\"'

1 "2
ERROR: Could not consume arg: 3"

python .\test.py 1 '\"\"2 3\"\"'
1 ""2 3""

The correct behavior should be equivalent to print(1, "2 3"), so strings args do not need to be parsed.

[DavidFarago]

I guess not parsing string args will also fix the following problem, right?

I have with the following code:

def preprocess(data_path: str = "data.json", output_format: str):
...

if __name__ == "__main__":
    fire.Fire(preprocess)

If I call python preprocess.py --data_path foo.json --output_format "{response}", I get the error AttributeError: 'set' object has no attribute 'format' because type(output_format) = set and not str.

[Dragon-Git]

I also encountered a similar issue when passing a string starting with "-" , but it can be passed by explicitly specifying the parameter name, for example:

import fire

def test(a, b):
    print(a, b)
    print(type(a), type(b))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    fire.Fire(test)

python ./test.py -a=1 -b='--2 3'

1 --2 3
<class 'int'> <class 'str'>

[pioneerHitesh]

I would like to pick this one up can it be assigned to me?