Locating a diff from context might be hard
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Description
pytest-icdiff is awesome.
## Problem
When testing small dicts it returns the full diff, but on big structures it only returns those parts that differ (see #25). Sometimes (in the case of big, nested dicts with similar parts in them) this makes it hard to locate where those diffs happen though. The context might not be enough to find where the difference is.
### Example
#### The test
```python
import copy
def big_structure(n):
"""Create a deeply nested tree of dicts"""
if n == 0:
return dict()
return {
"a": big_structure(n-1),
"b": big_structure(n-1),
}
def test_icdiffs():
expected_structure = big_structure(6)
real_structure = copy.deepcopy(expected_structure)
real_structure["a"]["b"]["b"]["a"]["a"]["b"] = "BOOM!" # create a difference
assert expected_structure == real_structure
```
#### The result

As you can see it is very hard (if even possible) to retrieve the path of the differing field (`("a", "b", "b", "a", "a", "b")`).
This path is often is important to know to fix the error though
## Suggested Solution
if pytest is called with -vvv (oder another appropriate level of verbosity) then the context could be disabled, showing the full diff.
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