# pytest-2.9.1

pytest is a mature Python testing tool with more than a 1100 tests against itself, passing on many different interpreters and platforms.

See below for the changes and see docs at:

> http://pytest.org

As usual, you can upgrade from pypi via:

    pip install -U pytest

Thanks to all who contributed to this release, among them:

> Bruno Oliveira Daniel Hahler Dmitry Malinovsky Florian Bruhin Floris Bruynooghe Matt Bachmann Ronny Pfannschmidt TomV Vladimir Bolshakov Zearin palaviv

Happy testing, The py.test Development Team

## 2.9.1 (compared to 2.9.0)

Bug Fixes

- Improve error message when a plugin fails to load. Thanks @nicoddemus for the PR.
- Fix (#1178): `pytest.fail` with non-ascii characters raises an internal pytest error. Thanks @nicoddemus for the PR.
- Fix (#469): junit parses report.nodeid incorrectly, when params IDs contain `::`. Thanks @tomviner for the PR (#1431).
- Fix (#578): SyntaxErrors containing non-ascii lines at the point of failure generated an internal py.test error. Thanks @asottile for the report and @nicoddemus for the PR.
- Fix (#1437): When passing in a bytestring regex pattern to parameterize attempt to decode it as utf-8 ignoring errors.
- Fix (#649): parametrized test nodes cannot be specified to run on the command line.