Quick fixes 4.x

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ prompt is displayed.
       the property.
     - Added `traceback_kwargs` attribute to allow customization of Rich-based tracebacks.
 
+## 3.5.1 (April 24, 2026)
+
+- Bug Fixes
+    - Fixed `ArgparseCompleter.print_help()` not passing file stream to recursive call.
+    - Fixed issue where `constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS` was being mutated.
+
 ## 3.5.0 (April 13, 2026)
 
 - Bug Fixes

cmd2/argparse_completer.py

@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ def print_help(self, tokens: Sequence[str], file: IO[str] | None = None) -> None
             if parser is not None:
                 completer_type = self._cmd2_app._determine_ap_completer_type(parser)
                 completer = completer_type(parser, self._cmd2_app)
-                completer.print_help(tokens[1:])
+                completer.print_help(tokens[1:], file=file)
                 return
         self._parser.print_help(file=file)
 

cmd2/cmd2.py

@@ -1976,10 +1976,8 @@ def tokens_for_completion(self, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> tuple[li
                  **On Failure**
                  - Two empty lists
         """
-        import copy
-
         unclosed_quote = ""
-        quotes_to_try = copy.copy(constants.QUOTES)
+        quotes_to_try = [*constants.QUOTES]
 
         tmp_line = line[:endidx]
         tmp_endidx = endidx
@@ -3818,8 +3816,7 @@ def _alias_create(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             return
 
         # Unquote redirection and terminator tokens
-        tokens_to_unquote = constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS
-        tokens_to_unquote.extend(self.statement_parser.terminators)
+        tokens_to_unquote = (*constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS, *self.statement_parser.terminators)
         utils.unquote_specific_tokens(args.command_args, tokens_to_unquote)
 
         # Build the alias value string
@@ -3898,8 +3895,7 @@ def _alias_list(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         """List some or all aliases as 'alias create' commands."""
         self.last_result = {}  # dict[alias_name, alias_value]
 
-        tokens_to_quote = constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS
-        tokens_to_quote.extend(self.statement_parser.terminators)
+        tokens_to_quote = (*constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS, *self.statement_parser.terminators)
 
         to_list = (
             utils.remove_duplicates(args.names)
@@ -4065,8 +4061,7 @@ def _macro_create(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
             return
 
         # Unquote redirection and terminator tokens
-        tokens_to_unquote = constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS
-        tokens_to_unquote.extend(self.statement_parser.terminators)
+        tokens_to_unquote = (*constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS, *self.statement_parser.terminators)
         utils.unquote_specific_tokens(args.command_args, tokens_to_unquote)
 
         # Build the macro value string
@@ -4188,8 +4183,7 @@ def _macro_list(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
         """List macros."""
         self.last_result = {}  # dict[macro_name, macro_value]
 
-        tokens_to_quote = constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS
-        tokens_to_quote.extend(self.statement_parser.terminators)
+        tokens_to_quote = (*constants.REDIRECTION_TOKENS, *self.statement_parser.terminators)
 
         to_list = (
             utils.remove_duplicates(args.names)
@@ -4917,9 +4911,7 @@ def py_quit() -> None:
             """Exit an interactive Python environment, callable from the interactive Python console."""
             raise EmbeddedConsoleExit
 
-        from .py_bridge import (
-            PyBridge,
-        )
+        from .py_bridge import PyBridge
 
         add_to_history = self.scripts_add_to_history if pyscript else True
         py_bridge = PyBridge(self, add_to_history=add_to_history)

cmd2/constants.py

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 INFINITY = float("inf")
 
 # Used for command parsing, output redirection, completion, and word breaks. Do not change.
-QUOTES = ['"', "'"]
+QUOTES = ('"', "'")
 REDIRECTION_PIPE = "|"
 REDIRECTION_OVERWRITE = ">"
 REDIRECTION_APPEND = ">>"
-REDIRECTION_CHARS = [REDIRECTION_PIPE, REDIRECTION_OVERWRITE]
-REDIRECTION_TOKENS = [REDIRECTION_PIPE, REDIRECTION_OVERWRITE, REDIRECTION_APPEND]
+REDIRECTION_CHARS = (REDIRECTION_PIPE, REDIRECTION_OVERWRITE)
+REDIRECTION_TOKENS = (REDIRECTION_PIPE, REDIRECTION_OVERWRITE, REDIRECTION_APPEND)
 COMMENT_CHAR = "#"
 MULTILINE_TERMINATOR = ";"
 

cmd2/parsing.py

@@ -330,10 +330,12 @@ def __init__(
         #       the string (\Z matches the end of the string even if it
         #       contains multiple lines)
         #
-        invalid_command_chars = []
-        invalid_command_chars.extend(constants.QUOTES)
-        invalid_command_chars.extend(constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS)
-        invalid_command_chars.extend(self.terminators)
+        invalid_command_chars = (
+            *constants.QUOTES,
+            *constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS,
+            *self.terminators,
+        )
+
         # escape each item so it will for sure get treated as a literal
         second_group_items = [re.escape(x) for x in invalid_command_chars]
         # add the whitespace and end of string, not escaped because they
@@ -384,9 +386,8 @@ def is_valid_command(self, word: str, *, is_subcommand: bool = False) -> tuple[b
                     return False, errmsg
 
         errmsg = "cannot contain: whitespace, quotes, "
-        errchars = []
-        errchars.extend(constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS)
-        errchars.extend(self.terminators)
+
+        errchars = (*constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS, *self.terminators)
         errmsg += ", ".join([shlex.quote(x) for x in errchars])
 
         match = self._command_pattern.search(word)
@@ -704,9 +705,8 @@ def split_on_punctuation(self, tokens: list[str]) -> list[str]:
         :param tokens: the tokens as parsed by shlex
         :return: a new list of tokens, further split using punctuation
         """
-        punctuation: list[str] = []
-        punctuation.extend(self.terminators)
-        punctuation.extend(constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS)
+        # Using a set for faster lookups
+        punctuation = {*self.terminators, *constants.REDIRECTION_CHARS}
 
         punctuated_tokens = []
 

cmd2/string_utils.py

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 full-width characters (like those used in CJK languages).
 """
 
-from collections.abc import (
-    Sequence,
-)
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 
 from rich.align import AlignMethod
 from rich.style import StyleType