GH-79714: add mention of stderr for clarity to ArgumentParser.exit() #123932
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| @@ -2246,8 +2246,8 @@ Exiting methods | |||
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| .. method:: ArgumentParser.error(message) | |||
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| This method prints a usage message including the *message* to the | |||
| standard error and terminates the program with a status code of 2. | |||
| This method prints a usage message, including the *message*, to stderr | |||
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I updated this to be consistent with the addition above. I'm happy to also write "standard error" if that's the agreed-upon convention. It seemed like there was mixed usage across the docs.
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This PR adds a tiny clarification about how
ArgumentParser.exit()prints to stderr.📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--123932.org.readthedocs.build/