gh-92445 Improve interaction between nargs="*" and choices() (GH-92565)

Lib/argparse.py

@@ -2477,9 +2477,11 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
               not action.option_strings):
             if action.default is not None:
                 value = action.default
+                self._check_value(action, value)
             else:
+                # since arg_strings is always [] at this point
+                # there is no need to use self._check_value(action, value)
                 value = arg_strings
-            self._check_value(action, value)
 
         # single argument or optional argument produces a single value
         elif len(arg_strings) == 1 and action.nargs in [None, OPTIONAL]: