Mark expose nontransfered marks via pytestmark property

_pytest/deprecated.py

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 """
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
+
+class RemovedInPytest4Warning(DeprecationWarning):
+    """warning class for features removed in pytest 4.0"""
+
+
 MAIN_STR_ARGS = 'passing a string to pytest.main() is deprecated, ' \
                       'pass a list of arguments instead.'
 
@@ -22,3 +27,7 @@
 GETFUNCARGVALUE = "use of getfuncargvalue is deprecated, use getfixturevalue"
 
 RESULT_LOG = '--result-log is deprecated and scheduled for removal in pytest 4.0'
+
+MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE = RemovedInPytest4Warning(
+    "MarkInfo objects are deprecated as they contain the merged marks"
+)

_pytest/mark.py

@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
 import inspect
+import warnings
 from collections import namedtuple
 from operator import attrgetter
 from .compat import imap
+from .deprecated import MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE
 
+def alias(name, warning=None):
+    getter = attrgetter(name)
 
-def alias(name):
-    return property(attrgetter(name), doc='alias for ' + name)
+    def warned(self):
+        warnings.warn(warning, stacklevel=2)
+        return getter(self)
+
+    return property(getter if warning is None else warned, doc='alias for ' + name)
 
 
 class ParameterSet(namedtuple('ParameterSet', 'values, marks, id')):
@@ -329,31 +336,51 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             is_class = inspect.isclass(func)
             if len(args) == 1 and (istestfunc(func) or is_class):
                 if is_class:
-                    if hasattr(func, 'pytestmark'):
-                        mark_list = func.pytestmark
-                        if not isinstance(mark_list, list):
-                            mark_list = [mark_list]
-                        # always work on a copy to avoid updating pytestmark
-                        # from a superclass by accident
-                        mark_list = mark_list + [self]
-                        func.pytestmark = mark_list
-                    else:
-                        func.pytestmark = [self]
+                    store_mark(func, self.mark)
                 else:
-                    holder = getattr(func, self.name, None)
-                    if holder is None:
-                        holder = MarkInfo(self.mark)
-                        setattr(func, self.name, holder)
-                    else:
-                        holder.add_mark(self.mark)
+                    store_legacy_markinfo(func, self.mark)
+                    store_mark(func, self.mark)
                 return func
 
         mark = Mark(self.name, args, kwargs)
         return self.__class__(self.mark.combined_with(mark))
 
+def get_unpacked_marks(obj):
+    """
+    obtain the unpacked marks that are stored on a object
+    """
+    mark_list = getattr(obj, 'pytestmark', [])
 
+    if not isinstance(mark_list, list):
+        mark_list = [mark_list]
+    return [
+        getattr(mark, 'mark', mark)  # unpack MarkDecorator
+        for mark in mark_list
+    ]
 
 
+def store_mark(obj, mark):
+    """store a Mark on a object
+    this is used to implement the Mark declarations/decorators correctly
+    """
+    assert isinstance(mark, Mark), mark
+    # always reassign name to avoid updating pytestmark
+    # in a referene that was only borrowed
+    obj.pytestmark = get_unpacked_marks(obj) + [mark]
+
+
+def store_legacy_markinfo(func, mark):
+    """create the legacy MarkInfo objects and put them onto the function
+    """
+    if not isinstance(mark, Mark):
+        raise TypeError("got {mark!r} instead of a Mark".format(mark=mark))
+    holder = getattr(func, mark.name, None)
+    if holder is None:
+        holder = MarkInfo(mark)
+        setattr(func, mark.name, holder)
+    else:
+        holder.add_mark(mark)
+
 
 class Mark(namedtuple('Mark', 'name, args, kwargs')):
 
@@ -371,9 +398,9 @@ def __init__(self, mark):
         self.combined = mark
         self._marks = [mark]
 
-    name = alias('combined.name')
-    args = alias('combined.args')
-    kwargs = alias('combined.kwargs')
+    name = alias('combined.name', warning=MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE)
+    args = alias('combined.args', warning=MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE)
+    kwargs = alias('combined.kwargs', warning=MARK_INFO_ATTRIBUTE)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<MarkInfo {0!r}>".format(self.combined)
@@ -389,3 +416,30 @@ def __iter__(self):
 
 
 MARK_GEN = MarkGenerator()
+
+
+def _marked(func, mark):
+    """ Returns True if :func: is already marked with :mark:, False otherwise.
+    This can happen if marker is applied to class and the test file is
+    invoked more than once.
+    """
+    try:
+        func_mark = getattr(func, mark.name)
+    except AttributeError:
+        return False
+    return mark.args == func_mark.args and mark.kwargs == func_mark.kwargs
+
+
+def transfer_markers(funcobj, cls, mod):
+    """
+    this function transfers class level markers and module level markers
+    into function level markinfo objects
+
+    this is the main reason why marks are so broken
+    the resolution will involve phasing out function level MarkInfo objects
+
+    """
+    for obj in (cls, mod):
+        for mark in get_unpacked_marks(obj):
+            if not _marked(funcobj, mark):
+                store_legacy_markinfo(funcobj, mark)

_pytest/python.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     safe_str, getlocation, enum,
 )
 from _pytest.runner import fail
+from _pytest.mark import transfer_markers
 
 cutdir1 = py.path.local(pluggy.__file__.rstrip("oc"))
 cutdir2 = py.path.local(_pytest.__file__).dirpath()
@@ -361,35 +362,6 @@ def _genfunctions(self, name, funcobj):
                                )
 
 
-def _marked(func, mark):
-    """ Returns True if :func: is already marked with :mark:, False otherwise.
-    This can happen if marker is applied to class and the test file is
-    invoked more than once.
-    """
-    try:
-        func_mark = getattr(func, mark.name)
-    except AttributeError:
-        return False
-    return mark.args == func_mark.args and mark.kwargs == func_mark.kwargs
-
-
-def transfer_markers(funcobj, cls, mod):
-    # XXX this should rather be code in the mark plugin or the mark
-    # plugin should merge with the python plugin.
-    for holder in (cls, mod):
-        try:
-            pytestmark = holder.pytestmark
-        except AttributeError:
-            continue
-        if isinstance(pytestmark, list):
-            for mark in pytestmark:
-                if not _marked(funcobj, mark):
-                    mark(funcobj)
-        else:
-            if not _marked(funcobj, pytestmark):
-                pytestmark(funcobj)
-
-
 class Module(main.File, PyCollector):
     """ Collector for test classes and functions. """
 

changelog/2516.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Now test function objects have a ``pytestmark`` attribute containing a list of marks applied directly to the test function, as opposed to marks inherited from parent classes or modules.

testing/test_mark.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 
 import pytest
-from _pytest.mark import MarkGenerator as Mark, ParameterSet
+from _pytest.mark import MarkGenerator as Mark, ParameterSet, transfer_markers
 
 class TestMark(object):
     def test_markinfo_repr(self):
@@ -772,3 +772,25 @@ def assert_test_is_not_selected(keyword):
 def test_parameterset_extractfrom(argval, expected):
     extracted = ParameterSet.extract_from(argval)
     assert extracted == expected
+
+
+def test_legacy_transfer():
+
+    class FakeModule(object):
+        pytestmark = []
+
+    class FakeClass(object):
+        pytestmark = pytest.mark.nofun
+
+    @pytest.mark.fun
+    def fake_method(self):
+        pass
+
+
+    transfer_markers(fake_method, FakeClass, FakeModule)
+
+    # legacy marks transfer smeared
+    assert fake_method.nofun
+    assert fake_method.fun
+    # pristine marks dont transfer
+    assert fake_method.pytestmark == [pytest.mark.fun.mark]