Mailman 3 August 2017 - pytest-dev

marks - proposals for a new api and a path forward
by RonnyPfannschmidt Aug. 29, 2017

Aug. 29, 2017

Hi everyone, as far as i am concerned, we cant hope to safe the current mark api, Node.get_marker is just a hack looking into keywords (which is a legacy half broken concept and the base of marks on nodes and why they are so broken Node.add_markers is just plain wrong, and by plain wrong i mean totally plain wrong so in order to move forward, i'd like to leave all those messy pieces in place and just deprecate them, so we can remove them much later going forward i'd like to introduce 2 things to nodes 1. a list of their *own* markers, as a subtype of list ensuring mark decroators are correctly unpacked, that list would be the new per-node api 2. a function to iterate all marks of a node and its parents, optionally filtered by name, yielding tuples of (mark, node) once that is done almost all incorrect mark usages can be fixed relatively sanely afterwards going forward i'd like to introduce class based marks, where instead of using a string and random data, we get to use instances of clearly defined classes as markers, going for class based markers has various massive advantages a) ability to use inheritance when searching b) name-spacing is solved by python itself -- Ronny

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[proposal] deprecate magic constant scopes in favour of the node types
by RonnyPfannschmidt Aug. 29, 2017

Aug. 29, 2017

Hi all, since quite a while now we have used magic constants for scope names, while we have something perfectly fitting already at hand - namely the Node classes we actually use and mean i believe its a disservice that we use magic strings one has to manually map while we have very exact names for those already -- Ronny

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Dir names that aren't valid module names.
by Brian Okken Aug. 26, 2017

Aug. 26, 2017

Matt Craig (@astronomatty) 8/25/17, 2:15 PM "Fun" fact: pytest fails with an obscure error if a dir name has dashes in it. pic.twitter.com/3JGzWBcqqO Not sure if this is a reported issue or even real. But I saw it on twitter and thought I'd pass it along.

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hangout for mark api brainstorming - i made a doodle with options
by RonnyPfannschmidt Aug. 24, 2017

Aug. 24, 2017

HI everyone, as i'm now hitting a place where i need to create the next gen api for interacting with marks, i believe a brainstorming is needed in order to get some diversity in ideas upfront. i made a doodle for the options at https://beta.doodle.com/poll/nhqinh6ckzhryt58#link over the course of the weekend i#ll prepare a bit more details on my thoughts so we can start at a reasonable base. -- Ronny

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Documentation proposal
by Daniele Procida Aug. 11, 2017

Aug. 11, 2017

Dear pytest developers, I have been speaking to Raphael Pierzina at EuroPython. I propose to restructure the pytest docmentation, according to this scheme <https://divio.com/blog/documentation> (the rationale for the scheme is described at length in that article). The documention already contains most of the content it requires, but I think it could be hugely improved by restructuring it. I'd also change the Sphinx theme to the RTD theme, which improves navigation. I'm happy to do the work of restructuring. I have done this for other projects (django CMS most notably). Would this be welcome? Daniele

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pytest 3.2.1 released
by Bruno Oliveira Aug. 9, 2017

Aug. 9, 2017

pytest 3.2.1 has just been released to PyPI. This is a bug-fix release, being a drop-in replacement. To upgrade:: pip install --upgrade pytest The full changelog is available at http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html. Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them: * Alex Gaynor * Bruno Oliveira * Florian Bruhin * Ronny Pfannschmidt * Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy Happy testing, The pytest Development Team

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plan change for marks - earlier introduction of the inheritance compatible apis
by RonnyPfannschmidt Aug. 9, 2017

Aug. 9, 2017

Hi everyone, after trying for a while to sanely introduce a FunctionDefinition node type, and failing due to pretty nasty coupling in the code, i decided i will introduce inheritance compatible marker apis in a different way this will mean a slight mess due to the lack of some important correct places for marks, but it will allow to finally use marks correctly at least the main problem point will be the transfer of marks from call specs/parameterized calls to normal functions as usually when the legacy mark api are involved, type and structure of the involved data is not just wrong but inherently hostile to reliable programming. so even when going for a less sensible structure to get it trough in a smaller package i expect some horrendous fallout. -- Ronny

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on opening up single character options via a registry
by RonnyPfannschmidt Aug. 6, 2017

Aug. 6, 2017

hi everyone, as it pains me that we sneakily call private methods to use single character options in xdist&co, i propose to open up single character options to other plugins by means of a registry, so that plugins that have a registered single character will be able to use it in py.test versions that have that association saved we could even go as far as making the registry a extra pytest plugin that can be updated out of band from pytest itself -- Ronny

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pytest 3.2.0 released
by Bruno Oliveira Aug. 1, 2017

Aug. 1, 2017

The pytest team is proud to announce the 3.2.0 release! pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1600 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms. This release contains a number of bugs fixes and improvements, so users are encouraged to take a look at the CHANGELOG: http://doc.pytest.org/en/latest/changelog.html For complete documentation, please visit: http://docs.pytest.org As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via: pip install -U pytest Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them: * Alex Hartoto * Andras Tim * Bruno Oliveira * Daniel Hahler * Florian Bruhin * Floris Bruynooghe * John Still * Jordan Moldow * Kale Kundert * Lawrence Mitchell * Llandy Riveron Del Risco * Maik Figura * Martin Altmayer * Mihai Capotă * Nathaniel Waisbrot * Nguyễn Hồng Quân * Pauli Virtanen * Raphael Pierzina * Ronny Pfannschmidt * Segev Finer * V.Kuznetsov Happy testing, The Pytest Development Team

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