[issue22064] Misleading message from 2to3 when skipping optional fixers

[Nick Coghlan]

New submission from Nick Coghlan:

>From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5499897/converting-selenium-py-to-python-3-by-2to3, 2to3 prints the following messages when run:

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RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: buffer
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: idioms
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: set_literal
RefactoringTool: Skipping implicit fixer: ws_comma
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That message is rather misleading - those four are the *optional* fixers that are only run when selected explicitly. Unlike the other fixers, they're essentially the *opposite* of implicit :)

Given that limiting the fixes to a specific subset (e.g. "-f dict") silences all such messages, and explicitly excluding an actual implicit fixer (e.g. "-x dict") doesn't generate a warning, I suggest the simplest fix is to just change the message to instead say "Skipping optional fixer".

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keywords: easy
messages: 223919
nosy: ncoghlan
priority: low
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Misleading message from 2to3 when skipping optional fixers
type: behavior

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