pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest
provide dependency-tested autouse fixtures
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topic: fixtures
type: enhancement
type: proposal
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
autouse fixures should have a mode of operation that triggers them only if the fixtures they need are used by the current test to begin with
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Research direction
Start by mapping pytest's fixture and autouse-fixture implementation, then identify how fixture dependencies are resolved for each test. Define the intended behavior for autouse fixtures whose dependencies are unused, and add focused tests that distinguish used from unused dependencies before considering the feature complete.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100