[pytest-dev] solving the "too static" fixture scope problem

[holger krekel]

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 20:46 +0200, Florian Schulze wrote:
> On 11.10.2013, at 17:58, Ronny Pfannschmidt <ronny.pfannschmidt at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Holger,
> > 
> > i think that just 'each' is too generic,
> > i'd rather see something more specific like scope='session,function'
> > 
> > i think its very important to be in control of the actual scopes used in a fixture
> > 
> > an example i have in mind is a semi-generic tmpdir fixture
> > 
> > @pytest.fixture(scope='session,function')
> > def tmpdir(request, _pytest_basetmp):
> > if request.scope == 'session':
> >   return _basetmp.ensure('session', dir=1)
> > elif request.scope == 'function':
> >   return _basetmp.ensure('tests', dir=1)\
> >     .make_numbered_dir(request.function__name__)
> 
> If something like this is chosen, then please use a list or tuple, not a comma separated string.

We already have precendence for this style.  See
"pytest.mark.parametrize" in
http://pytest.org/latest/announce/release-2.4.0.html

I find "session,function,module" nicer to type than 
("session", "function", "module") and don't see an
advantage to enforcing the latter.

best,
holger