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 <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 at 14:05 Grady Martin <sunnycemet...@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). > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
