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Make `TerminalWriter` public API?
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Description
Looking at the fallout of the py dropping, it seems like one recurrent issue is that people create their own py.io.TerminalWriter:
...and probably a lot more!
sooo... I wonder if we should make it public API of some kind, given how it's used like one even in pytest-dev plugins?
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The issue names no pytest files or tests; start by locating the current TerminalWriter implementation and reviewing pytest's public-API guidance. Compare the linked plugin uses and determine whether a supported API can be defined. Done means reaching and documenting a clear decision about exposing TerminalWriter, with tests covering the supported interface if the decision is affirmative.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100