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Author paul.j3
Recipients elypter, paul.j3
Date 2018-09-30.06:15:41
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https://bugs.python.org/issue28742
argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter sometimes provides inaccurate documentation of defaults, so they should be overrideable

is asking for something similar - the ability to override the automatic `%(default)s` in certain cases.

The proposed fix is to look for a string that is already displaying a default, such as '(default:'.

    if '%(default)' not in action.help and '(default:' not in action.help:
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2018-09-30 06:15:41paul.j3setmessageid: <1538288141.67.0.545547206417.issue32552@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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