From d949871b676ed52669c17c2070dfb770b6ce28da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Flint <alex.flint@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:13:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add further comment about backwards-compatible method for
 setting default values

---
 parse.go | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index cf364f3..2fb7b1c 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ func NewParser(config Config, dests ...interface{}) (*Parser, error) {
 		}
 
 		// for backwards compatibility, add nonzero field values as defaults
+		// this applies only to the top-level command, not to subcommands (this inconsistency
+		// is the reason that this method for setting default values was deprecated)
 		for _, spec := range cmd.specs {
 			// get the value
 			v := p.val(spec.dest)