# pytest-2.9.0

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:

> Anatoly Bubenkov Bruno Oliveira Buck Golemon David Vierra Florian Bruhin Galaczi Endre Georgy Dyuldin Lukas Bednar Luke Murphy Marcin Biernat Matt Williams Michael Aquilina Raphael Pierzina Ronny Pfannschmidt Ryan Wooden Tiemo Kieft TomV holger krekel jab

Happy testing, The py.test Development Team

## 2.9.0 (compared to 2.8.7)

New Features

- New `pytest.mark.skip` mark, which unconditionally skips marked tests. Thanks @MichaelAquilina for the complete PR (#1040).
- `--doctest-glob` may now be passed multiple times in the command-line. Thanks @jab and @nicoddemus for the PR.
- New `-rp` and `-rP` reporting options give the summary and full output of passing tests, respectively. Thanks to @codewarrior0 for the PR.
- `pytest.mark.xfail` now has a `strict` option which makes `XPASS` tests to fail the test suite, defaulting to `False`. There's also a `xfail_strict` ini option that can be used to configure it project-wise. Thanks @rabbbit for the request and @nicoddemus for the PR (#1355).
- `Parser.addini` now supports options of type `bool`. Thanks @nicoddemus for the PR.
- New `ALLOW_BYTES` doctest option strips `b` prefixes from byte strings in doctest output (similar to `ALLOW_UNICODE`). Thanks @jaraco for the request and @nicoddemus for the PR (#1287).
- give a hint on KeyboardInterrupt to use the --fulltrace option to show the errors, this fixes #1366. Thanks to @hpk42 for the report and @RonnyPfannschmidt for the PR.
- catch IndexError exceptions when getting exception source location. This fixes pytest internal error for dynamically generated code (fixtures and tests) where source lines are fake by intention

Changes

- Important: py.code has been merged into the `pytest` repository as `pytest._code`. This decision was made because `py.code` had very few uses outside `pytest` and the fact that it was in a different repository made it difficult to fix bugs on its code in a timely manner. The team hopes with this to be able to better refactor out and improve that code. This change shouldn't affect users, but it is useful to let users aware if they encounter any strange behavior.

  Keep in mind that the code for `pytest._code` is private and experimental, so you definitely should not import it explicitly!

  Please note that the original `py.code` is still available in pylib.

- `pytest_enter_pdb` now optionally receives the pytest config object. Thanks @nicoddemus for the PR.

- Removed code and documentation for Python 2.5 or lower versions, including removal of the obsolete `_pytest.assertion.oldinterpret` module. Thanks @nicoddemus for the PR (#1226).

- Comparisons now always show up in full when `CI` or `BUILD_NUMBER` is found in the environment, even when -vv isn't used. Thanks @The-Compiler for the PR.

- `--lf` and `--ff` now support long names: `--last-failed` and `--failed-first` respectively. Thanks @MichaelAquilina for the PR.

- Added expected exceptions to pytest.raises fail message

- Collection only displays progress ("collecting X items") when in a terminal. This avoids cluttering the output when using `--color=yes` to obtain colors in CI integrations systems (#1397).

Bug Fixes

- The `-s` and `-c` options should now work under `xdist`; `Config.fromdictargs` now represents its input much more faithfully. Thanks to @bukzor for the complete PR (#680).
- Fix (#1290): support Python 3.5's `@` operator in assertion rewriting. Thanks @Shinkenjoe for report with test case and @tomviner for the PR.
- Fix formatting utf-8 explanation messages (#1379). Thanks @biern for the PR.
- Fix traceback style docs to describe all of the available options (auto/long/short/line/native/no), with auto being the default since v2.6. Thanks @hackebrot for the PR.
- Fix (#1422): junit record_xml_property doesn't allow multiple records with same name.