BUG: Do not allow format keyword in HDFStore

Closes: pandas-dev#13291

Author: quintusdias

pandas/io/pytables.py

@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ def __init__(self, path, mode=None, complevel=None, complib=None,
             raise ValueError("complib only supports 'blosc', 'bzip2', lzo' "
                              "or 'zlib' compression.")
 
+        if 'format' in kwargs.keys():
+            raise TypeError("format is not a supported keyword for HDFStore")
+
         self._path = path
         if mode is None:
             mode = 'a'

pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py

@@ -4920,6 +4920,11 @@ def test_read_from_py_localpath(self):
 
         tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, actual)
 
+    def test_format_arg_in_constructor(self):
+
+        # GH13291
+        with ensure_clean_path(self.path) as filename:
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, HDFStore, filename, format='table')
 
 class TestHDFComplexValues(Base):
     # GH10447