[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

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[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

Jérémie Detrey added the comment: Dear all, As commented on PR 12711 (https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12711#pullrequestreview-724899323), there is a slight issue with the proposed patch, as it translates the `--version` help string as soon as the `argparse` module is imported (at whic

[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

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[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

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[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

Pavel Roskin added the comment: I have tested the patch. It fixes the problem for me. You are right, new programs would just supply translated help to the version action. No effort would be saved. But the programs updated from the deprecated syntax may rely on a separate string list for trans

[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

paul j3 added the comment: In this patch I added the '_()' localization to the '_VersionAction' default 'help'. While this is a straight forward change, I haven't tested it. It does run test_argparse.py, but that doesn't have any tests for localization. According to the discussion here: http

[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

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[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

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[issue16786] argparse doesn't offer localization interface for "version" action

New submission from Thorsten Kampe: The - deprecated - "version" keyword for argparse.ArgumentParser allowed for localization of the "show program's version number and exit" help text for -v/--version (output of "-h"/"--help") The new version action for add_argument does not allow this - resul