[issue32123] Make the API of argparse.HelpFormatter public

paul j3 added the comment: To elaborate on my last comment, the existing subclasses that customize formatting modify _fill_text _split_lines _get_help_string _get_default_metavar_for_optional _get_default_metavar_for_positional those are all 'private' methods. --

[issue32123] Make the API of argparse.HelpFormatter public

paul j3 added the comment: A difficulty with writing a public API is that useful changes can occur at almost any level of the class. The existing subclasses modify small, but deep methods, ones that handle things like line wrapping. On the other hand, most of the issues

[issue32123] Make the API of argparse.HelpFormatter public

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I suggest that you open a thread on python-ideas list: something like 'Make argparse.HelpFormatter public'. Explain what you would like to have happen and why. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python

[issue32123] Make the API of argparse.HelpFormatter public

New submission from Bernhard10 : Since there have not been any significant change to the code of argparse.HelpFormatter in the last few years but there are still some open issues where people want to customize formatting, I would like to ask: What is required before