Asserting deprecation and other warnings
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.. _function_argument:

The recwarn function argument
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You can use the ``recwarn`` funcarg to assert that code triggers
warnings through the Python warnings system. Here is a simple
self-contained test::

    # content of test_recwarn.py
    def test_hello(recwarn):
        from warnings import warn
        warn("hello", DeprecationWarning)
        w = recwarn.pop(DeprecationWarning)
        assert issubclass(w.category, DeprecationWarning)
        assert 'hello' in str(w.message)
        assert w.filename
        assert w.lineno

The ``recwarn`` function argument provides these methods:

.. method:: pop(category=None)

    Return last warning matching the category.

.. method:: clear()

    Clear list of warnings


.. _ensuring_function_triggers:

Ensuring a function triggers a deprecation warning
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You can also call a global helper for checking
that a certain function call triggers a ``DeprecationWarning``::

    import pytest

    def test_global():
        pytest.deprecated_call(myfunction, 17)