[pytest-dev] [proposal] deprecating the pytest_namespace hook

[Ronny Pfannschmidt]

Hi Bruno,

the problem it creates is, that we need to load plugins before even 
parsing the config and before even having config object just in order to 
literally monkeypatch a module

the second problem it creates is, it makes the pytest namespace 
impossible to introspect for external tools

also - import works just fine - there is no need for a dynamic 
namespace, people can import from concrete/correct locations

-- Ronny

On 26.08.2016 13:45, Bruno Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Ronny,
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "ugly and without full 
> knowledge of what should happen"... could you give more details?
>
> Also, what would we provide instead? This is a largely used feature, 
> I'm sure we can't just remove it.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:41 AM Ronny Pfannschmidt 
> <opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de 
> <mailto:opensource at ronnypfannschmidt.de>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     hi all
>
>     currently the need to initialize the namespace makes it necessary
>     to do
>     the initialization of the plugin-manager in a relatively ugly fashion
>     and without full knowledge of what should happen to the process
>
>     i would like to remove that need, so we only ever initialize a
>     pluginmanager from a call to pytest.main
>
>
>     -- Ronny
>
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