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#10728: the default for printing help is sys.stdout, not stderr.

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R. David Murray 2010-12-18 16:39:06 +00:00
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@ -1658,14 +1658,14 @@ are available:
.. method:: ArgumentParser.print_usage(file=None)
Print a brief description of how the :class:`ArgumentParser` should be
invoked on the command line. If *file* is ``None``, :data:`sys.stderr` is
invoked on the command line. If *file* is ``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` is
assumed.
.. method:: ArgumentParser.print_help(file=None)
Print a help message, including the program usage and information about the
arguments registered with the :class:`ArgumentParser`. If *file* is
``None``, :data:`sys.stderr` is assumed.
``None``, :data:`sys.stdout` is assumed.
There are also variants of these methods that simply return a string instead of
printing it: