`tkinter.commondialog.Dialog.show()` documentation has nonexistent `color` parameter · Issue #135756 · python/cpython · GitHub

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The documentation for tkinter.commondialog.Dialog.show() contains a color argument in the signature.
However, this parameter doesn't actually exist in the code:

cpython/Lib/tkinter/commondialog.py

Line 32 in 313544e

def show(self, **options):

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cc @serhiy-storchaka for tkinter

PR welcome :)

color-None, was in the original dialogs doc merged 6 years ago, #69424. Multiple people reviewed this, PR #1870, but in reviewing that, I see no comment about the color parameter. It is ignored in the show code and its separate existence from **options would prevent processing of a color option is one were every added to the list here. So it certainly seems to be noise.

gh-135756: Fix nonexistent parameter in tkinter docs (#135770)

pythongh-135756: Fix nonexistent parameter in tkinter docs (pythonGH-…

[3.14] gh-135756: Fix nonexistent parameter in tkinter docs (GH-135770)…

[3.13] gh-135756: Fix nonexistent parameter in tkinter docs (GH-135770)…

pythongh-135756: Fix nonexistent parameter in tkinter docs (python#13…

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