[Python-Dev] Incomplete Internationalization in Argparse Module

[Guido van Rossum]

OK, so this should be taken to the bug tracker.

On Saturday, April 9, 2016, Grady Martin <sunnycemetery at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree.  However, an incorrect choice for an argument with a choices
> parameter results in this string.
>
> On 2016年04月08日 18時12分, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>>
>> That string looks like it is aimed at the developer, not the user of
>> the program, so it makes sense not to translate it.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 at 14:05 Grady Martin <sunnycemetery at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello, all.  I was wondering if the following string was left untouched
>>>> by
>>>> gettext for a purpose (from line 720 of argparse.py, in class
>>>> ArgumentError):
>>>>
>>>> 'argument %(argument_name)s: %(message)s'
>>>>
>>>> There may be other untranslatable strings in the argparse module, but I
>>>> have yet to encounter them in the wild.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Probably so that anyone introspecting on the error message can count on
>>> somewhat of a consistent format (comes into play with doctest typically).
>>>
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