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Investigate argparse formatter handling of color #139862

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opened on Oct 9, 2025
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Hmm, this seems like a bug. HelpFormatter accepts color, but it is then seemingly overridden in _get_formatter. This should probably be respected, or we should remove it to avoid confusion.

Originally posted by @savannahostrowski in #139818 (comment)

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  • GH-139862: Remove color from HelpFormatter #142274
  • GH-139862: Fix direct instantiation of HelpFormatter #142384
Reacted by msmojtabafar

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  1. savannahostrowski
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  3. savannahostrowski
    added this to Argparse issueson Oct 9, 2025
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  5. savannahostrowski
    added a commit that references this issue on Dec 5, 2025

    GH-139862: Remove `color` from HelpFormatter (#142274)

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  6. savannahostrowski
    closed this as completedon Dec 5, 2025
  7. github-project-automation
    moved this to Doc issues in Argparse issueson Dec 5, 2025
  8. StanFromIreland
    added a commit that references this issue on Dec 6, 2025

    pythonGH-139862: Remove `color` from HelpFormatter (python#142274)

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  9. savannahostrowski
    added a commit that references this issue on Dec 7, 2025

    GH-139862: Fix direct instantiation of `HelpFormatter` (#142384)

    dc9f238
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