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-rw-r--r--Lib/argparse.py6
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_argparse.py5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index a030749..83f47e3 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ __all__ = [
import os as _os
import re as _re
+import shutil as _shutil
import sys as _sys
from gettext import gettext as _, ngettext
@@ -164,10 +165,7 @@ class HelpFormatter(object):
# default setting for width
if width is None:
- try:
- width = int(_os.environ['COLUMNS'])
- except (KeyError, ValueError):
- width = 80
+ width = _shutil.get_terminal_size().columns
width -= 2
self._prog = prog
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
index 85449c7..f0802a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
# The tests assume that line wrapping occurs at 80 columns, but this
# behaviour can be overridden by setting the COLUMNS environment
- # variable. To ensure that this assumption is true, unset COLUMNS.
+ # variable. To ensure that this width is used, set COLUMNS to 80.
env = support.EnvironmentVarGuard()
- env.unset("COLUMNS")
+ env['COLUMNS'] = '80'
self.addCleanup(env.__exit__)
@@ -5122,6 +5122,7 @@ class TestImportStar(TestCase):
class TestWrappingMetavar(TestCase):
def setUp(self):
+ super().setUp()
self.parser = ErrorRaisingArgumentParser(
'this_is_spammy_prog_with_a_long_name_sorry_about_the_name'
)