[argparse] Missing translations

[jdetrey]

BPO	44865
Nosy	@rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @jdetrey
PRs	bpo-44865: Missing translations in argparse #27668

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title = '[argparse] Missing translations'
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[jdetrey]

Dear all,

There are a few strings in the argparse module which are not translatable through the gettext API.

Some have already been reported:

• the "--version" help text at 3.9/Lib/argparse.py:1105 (reported in bpo-16786, fixed by PR 12711);
• the "default" help text at 3.9/Lib/argparse.py:697 (reported in 33775, fixed by PR 12711).

However, some others remain:

• the "default" help text for BooleanOptionalAction at 3.9/Lib/argparse.py:878 (which, incidentally, will be duplicated when used with ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter);
• the "argument %(argument_name)s: %(message)s" error message at 3.9/Lib/argparse.py:751;
• the formatted section heading at 3.9/Lib/argparse.py:225: if the heading itself is translatable, the string "%(heading)s:" is not. More precisely, the colon right after the heading might also require localization, as some languages (e.g., French) typeset colons with a preceding non-breaking space (i.e., "%(heading)s :"). (Okay, I'll admit that this is nitpicking!)

I'll submit a pull request with proposed fixes for these strings.

Kind regards,
Jérémie.

[terryjreedy]

Same comment as for bpo-44964, plus note that 3.8 and before only get security patches. Also, 3.9,3.10 only get bug fixes and I don't know if this qualifies.

[jdetrey]

Hi again!

As for bpo-44864, I've just added a short blurb to the PR.

The fact that a few strings are missing calls to the localization function (whereas most of the other strings in argparse are already localized) might push this issue toward the bug-fix side, but, as for bpo-44864, this is very minor and I really don't mind if it only gets merged into future releases.

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Jérémie.