Documentation request: pytest.mark.parametrize + brackets in dependency name about pytest-dependency HOT 2 CLOSED

Actually, it is mentioned in the documentation. There is a dedicated section on the names of tests and how they need to be referenced in the dependency marker. It states that the default is the pytest node id and that: “If the function or method is parameterized, the parameter values, separated by minus ‘-’, in square brackets ‘[]’ are appended to the node id.”

Note that the way pytest creates node ids for parametrized tests may become complicated, in particular if the parameter values do not have obvious string representations or if one set of parameter values appears more then once. Documenting all the intricate details is probably out of scope of the pytest-dependency documentation. I rather tend to resort recommending trying it out in the given case by calling pytest with the –verbose command line option. This is also already mentioned in the Names section but might get elaborated in the context of #41.

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Just read through the Names page, and I see that it has lots of information on pytest.mark.parametrize. I realized that when searching:

• "parametrize": Names page doesn't come up
• "parametrized" or "pytest.mark.parametrize": multiple results mentioning parametrization comes up

I didn't know Read the Docs had such an exact search... otherwise I wouldn't have made this issue.

I also didn't know one can actually use pytest-dependency inside of pytest parametrizations, or even account for dependency on all instances of a parametrized test. Turns out usage with pytest.mark.parametrize is actually well documented, and flexible!

I think a debugging page would be nice for sure. You're doing great work here @RKrahl !

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