fix issue127 improve pytest_addoption docs, add new config.getoption(name) method for consistency.

CHANGELOG

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Changes between 2.3.2 and 2.3.3.dev
 - fix issue217 - support mock.patch with pytest's fixtures - note that
   you need either mock-1.0.1 or the python3.3 builtin unittest.mock.
 
+- fix issue127 - improve documentation for pytest_addoption() and
+  add a ``config.getoption(name)`` helper function for consistency.
+
 Changes between 2.3.1 and 2.3.2
 -----------------------------------
 

_pytest/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.3.3.dev4'
+__version__ = '2.3.3.dev5'

_pytest/config.py

@@ -271,9 +271,8 @@ class CmdOptions(object):
 class Config(object):
     """ access to configuration values, pluginmanager and plugin hooks.  """
     def __init__(self, pluginmanager=None):
-        #: command line option values, which must have been previously added
-        #: via calls like ``parser.addoption(...)`` or
-        #: ``parser.getgroup(groupname).addoption(...)``
+        #: access to command line option as attributes.
+        #: (deprecated), use :py:func:`getoption() <_pytest.config.Config.getoption>` instead
         self.option = CmdOptions()
         self._parser = Parser(
             usage="usage: %prog [options] [file_or_dir] [file_or_dir] [...]",
@@ -285,6 +284,7 @@ class Config(object):
         self._conftest = Conftest(onimport=self._onimportconftest)
         self.hook = self.pluginmanager.hook
         self._inicache = {}
+        self._opt2dest = {}
         self._cleanup = []
 
     @classmethod
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ class Config(object):
         self.pluginmanager.consider_conftest(conftestmodule)
 
     def _processopt(self, opt):
+        for name in opt._short_opts + opt._long_opts:
+            self._opt2dest[name] = opt.dest
+
         if hasattr(opt, 'default') and opt.dest:
             if not hasattr(self.option, opt.dest):
                 setattr(self.option, opt.dest, opt.default)
@@ -383,8 +386,9 @@ class Config(object):
         x.append(line) # modifies the cached list inline
 
     def getini(self, name):
-        """ return configuration value from an ini file. If the
-        specified name hasn't been registered through a prior ``parse.addini``
+        """ return configuration value from an :ref:`ini file <inifiles>`. If the
+        specified name hasn't been registered through a prior
+        :py:func:`parser.addini <pytest.config.Parser.addini>`
         call (usually from a plugin), a ValueError is raised. """
         try:
             return self._inicache[name]
@@ -438,8 +442,22 @@ class Config(object):
             self._checkconftest(name)
         return self._conftest.rget(name, path)
 
+    def getoption(self, name):
+        """ return command line option value.
+
+        :arg name: name of the option.  You may also specify
+            the literal ``--OPT`` option instead of the "dest" option name.
+        """
+        name = self._opt2dest.get(name, name)
+        try:
+            return getattr(self.option, name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise ValueError("no option named %r" % (name,))
+
     def getvalue(self, name, path=None):
-        """ return ``name`` value looked set from command line options.
+        """ return command line option value.
+
+        :arg name: name of the command line option
 
         (deprecated) if we can't find the option also lookup
         the name in a matching conftest file.

_pytest/hookspec.py

@@ -23,10 +23,28 @@ def pytest_cmdline_preparse(config, args):
     """modify command line arguments before option parsing. """
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    """use the parser to add optparse-style options and ini-style
-    config values via calls, see :py:func:`parser.addoption(...)
-    <_pytest.config.Parser.addoption>`
-    and :py:func:`parser.addini(...) <_pytest.config.Parser.addini>`.
+    """register optparse-style options and ini-style config values.
+
+    This function must be implemented in a :ref:`plugin <pluginorder>` and is
+    called once at the beginning of a test run.
+
+    :arg parser: To add command line options, call
+        :py:func:`parser.addoption(...) <_pytest.config.Parser.addoption>`.
+        To add ini-file values call :py:func:`parser.addini(...)
+        <_pytest.config.Parser.addini>`.
+
+    Options can later be accessed through the
+    :py:class:`config <_pytest.config.Config>` object, respectively:
+
+    - :py:func:`config.getoption(name) <_pytest.config.Config.getoption>` to
+      retrieve the value of a command line option.
+
+    - :py:func:`config.getini(name) <_pytest.config.Config.getini>` to retrieve
+      a value read from an ini-style file.
+
+    The config object is passed around on many internal objects via the ``.config``
+    attribute or can be retrieved as the ``pytestconfig`` fixture or accessed
+    via (deprecated) ``pytest.config``.
     """
 
 def pytest_cmdline_main(config):
@@ -35,7 +53,7 @@ def pytest_cmdline_main(config):
 pytest_cmdline_main.firstresult = True
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
-    """ called after command line options have been parsed.
+    """ called after command line options have been parsed
         and all plugins and initial conftest files been loaded.
     """
 

doc/en/customize.txt

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ configurations files by using the general help option::
 This will display command line and configuration file settings
 which were registered by installed plugins.
 
+.. _inifiles:
+
 How test configuration is read from configuration INI-files
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 

doc/en/example/markers.txt

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ specifies via named environments::
 
     import pytest
     def pytest_addoption(parser):
-        parser.addoption("-E", dest="env", action="store", metavar="NAME",
+        parser.addoption("-E", action="store", metavar="NAME",
             help="only run tests matching the environment NAME.")
 
     def pytest_configure(config):
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ specifies via named environments::
         envmarker = item.keywords.get("env", None)
         if envmarker is not None:
             envname = envmarker.args[0]
-            if envname != item.config.option.env:
+            if envname != item.config.getoption("-E"):
                 pytest.skip("test requires env %r" % envname)
 
 A test file using this local plugin::

doc/en/example/simple.txt

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ provide the ``cmdopt`` through a :ref:`fixture function <fixture function>`::
 
     @pytest.fixture
     def cmdopt(request):
-        return request.config.option.cmdopt
+        return request.config.getoption("--cmdopt")
 
 Let's run this without supplying our new option::
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ line option to control skipping of ``slow`` marked tests::
             help="run slow tests")
 
     def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
-        if 'slow' in item.keywords and not item.config.getvalue("runslow"):
+        if 'slow' in item.keywords and not item.config.getoption("--runslow"):
             pytest.skip("need --runslow option to run")
 
 We can now write a test module like this::

doc/en/plugins.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Working with plugins and conftest files
 
 py.test implements all aspects of configuration, collection, running and reporting by calling `well specified hooks`_.  Virtually any Python module can be registered as a plugin.  It can implement any number of hook functions (usually two or three) which all have a ``pytest_`` prefix, making hook functions easy to distinguish and find.  There are three basic location types:
 
-* `builtin plugins`_: loaded from py.test's own ``pytest/plugin`` directory.
+* `builtin plugins`_: loaded from py.test's internal ``_pytest`` directory.
 * `external plugins`_: modules discovered through `setuptools entry points`_
 * `conftest.py plugins`_: modules auto-discovered in test directories
 
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ If a package is installed this way, py.test will load
 ``myproject.pluginmodule`` as a plugin which can define
 `well specified hooks`_.
 
+.. _`pluginorder`:
+
 Plugin discovery order at tool startup
 --------------------------------------------
 
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ py.test loads plugin modules at tool startup in the following way:
 * by recursively loading all plugins specified by the
   ``pytest_plugins`` variable in ``conftest.py`` files
 
+
 Requiring/Loading plugins in a test module or conftest file
 -------------------------------------------------------------
 

setup.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.3.3.dev4',
+        version='2.3.3.dev5',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],

testing/test_config.py

@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ class TestConfigAPI:
         assert config.getvalue("x", o) == 1
         pytest.raises(KeyError, 'config.getvalue("y", o)')
 
+    def test_config_getoption(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makeconftest("""
+            def pytest_addoption(parser):
+                parser.addoption("--hello", "-X", dest="hello")
+        """)
+        config = testdir.parseconfig("--hello=this")
+        for x in ("hello", "--hello", "-X"):
+            assert config.getoption(x) == "this"
+        pytest.raises(ValueError, "config.getoption('qweqwe')")
+
     def test_config_getvalueorskip(self, testdir):
         config = testdir.parseconfig()
         pytest.raises(pytest.skip.Exception,
@@ -304,3 +314,4 @@ def test_cmdline_processargs_simple(testdir):
         "*pytest*",
         "*-h*",
     ])
+