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+Several behaviors of :meth:`Parser.addoption <_pytest.config.argparsing.Parser.addoption>` are now
+scheduled for removal in pytest 7 (deprecated since pytest 2.4.0):
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+- ``parser.addoption(..., help=".. %default ..")`` - use ``%(default)s`` instead.
+- ``parser.addoption(..., type="int/string/float/complex")`` - use ``type=int`` etc. instead.