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Provide better message when pytest receives invalid filter with `-W`
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plugin: warnings
topic: reporting
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Description
Your -ArgumentList $myparams -Wait -PassThru causes -Wait to be passed to pytest - that in turn passes it to Python's warnings module as an ait warning filter, which isn't valid.
I suppose pytest could show a better error message in this case though.
Originally posted by @The-Compiler in https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/8095#issuecomment-737862151
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No file or test is named in the issue. Start by reproducing pytest with an invalid warning filter passed through -W, then trace the command-line warning-filter error path; done means pytest reports a clearer error for this case.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100