Merge pull request #9940 from timhoffm/doc-reference-cleanup

doc/en/reference/reference.rst

@@ -363,17 +363,6 @@ capsys
 .. autofunction:: _pytest.capture.capsys()
     :no-auto-options:
 
-    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[str] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
-
-    Example:
-
-    .. code-block:: python
-
-        def test_output(capsys):
-            print("hello")
-            captured = capsys.readouterr()
-            assert captured.out == "hello\n"
-
 .. autoclass:: pytest.CaptureFixture()
     :members:
 
@@ -388,18 +377,6 @@ capsysbinary
 .. autofunction:: _pytest.capture.capsysbinary()
     :no-auto-options:
 
-    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[bytes] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
-
-    Example:
-
-    .. code-block:: python
-
-        def test_output(capsysbinary):
-            print("hello")
-            captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
-            assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
-
-
 .. fixture:: capfd
 
 capfd
@@ -410,18 +387,6 @@ capfd
 .. autofunction:: _pytest.capture.capfd()
     :no-auto-options:
 
-    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[str] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
-
-    Example:
-
-    .. code-block:: python
-
-        def test_system_echo(capfd):
-            os.system('echo "hello"')
-            captured = capfd.readouterr()
-            assert captured.out == "hello\n"
-
-
 .. fixture:: capfdbinary
 
 capfdbinary
@@ -432,17 +397,6 @@ capfdbinary
 .. autofunction:: _pytest.capture.capfdbinary()
     :no-auto-options:
 
-    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[bytes] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
-
-    Example:
-
-    .. code-block:: python
-
-        def test_system_echo(capfdbinary):
-            os.system('echo "hello"')
-            captured = capfdbinary.readouterr()
-            assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
-
 
 .. fixture:: doctest_namespace
 
@@ -453,16 +407,6 @@ doctest_namespace
 
 .. autofunction:: _pytest.doctest.doctest_namespace()
 
-    Usually this fixture is used in conjunction with another ``autouse`` fixture:
-
-    .. code-block:: python
-
-        @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
-        def add_np(doctest_namespace):
-            doctest_namespace["np"] = numpy
-
-    For more details: :ref:`doctest_namespace`.
-
 
 .. fixture:: request
 
@@ -600,12 +544,6 @@ recwarn
 .. autoclass:: pytest.WarningsRecorder()
     :members:
 
-Each recorded warning is an instance of :class:`warnings.WarningMessage`.
-
-.. note::
-    ``DeprecationWarning`` and ``PendingDeprecationWarning`` are treated
-    differently; see :ref:`ensuring_function_triggers`.
-
 
 .. fixture:: tmp_path
 

src/_pytest/capture.py

@@ -876,11 +876,22 @@ class CaptureFixture(Generic[AnyStr]):
 
 @fixture
 def capsys(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
-    """Enable text capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
+    r"""Enable text capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
 
     The captured output is made available via ``capsys.readouterr()`` method
     calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple.
     ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``text`` objects.
+
+    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[str] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
+
+    Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        def test_output(capsys):
+            print("hello")
+            captured = capsys.readouterr()
+            assert captured.out == "hello\n"
     """
     capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
     capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[str](SysCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
@@ -893,11 +904,22 @@ def capsys(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
 
 @fixture
 def capsysbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes], None, None]:
-    """Enable bytes capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
+    r"""Enable bytes capturing of writes to ``sys.stdout`` and ``sys.stderr``.
 
     The captured output is made available via ``capsysbinary.readouterr()``
     method calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple.
     ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``bytes`` objects.
+
+    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[bytes] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
+
+    Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        def test_output(capsysbinary):
+            print("hello")
+            captured = capsysbinary.readouterr()
+            assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
     """
     capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
     capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[bytes](SysCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)
@@ -910,11 +932,22 @@ def capsysbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes], None,
 
 @fixture
 def capfd(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
-    """Enable text capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
+    r"""Enable text capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
 
     The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method
     calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple.
     ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``text`` objects.
+
+    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[str] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
+
+    Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        def test_system_echo(capfd):
+            os.system('echo "hello"')
+            captured = capfd.readouterr()
+            assert captured.out == "hello\n"
     """
     capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
     capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[str](FDCapture, request, _ispytest=True)
@@ -927,11 +960,23 @@ def capfd(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[str], None, None]:
 
 @fixture
 def capfdbinary(request: SubRequest) -> Generator[CaptureFixture[bytes], None, None]:
-    """Enable bytes capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
+    r"""Enable bytes capturing of writes to file descriptors ``1`` and ``2``.
 
     The captured output is made available via ``capfd.readouterr()`` method
     calls, which return a ``(out, err)`` namedtuple.
     ``out`` and ``err`` will be ``byte`` objects.
+
+    Returns an instance of :class:`CaptureFixture[bytes] <pytest.CaptureFixture>`.
+
+    Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        def test_system_echo(capfdbinary):
+            os.system('echo "hello"')
+            captured = capfdbinary.readouterr()
+            assert captured.out == b"hello\n"
+
     """
     capman = request.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("capturemanager")
     capture_fixture = CaptureFixture[bytes](FDCaptureBinary, request, _ispytest=True)

src/_pytest/doctest.py

@@ -730,5 +730,16 @@ def _get_report_choice(key: str) -> int:
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def doctest_namespace() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Fixture that returns a :py:class:`dict` that will be injected into the
-    namespace of doctests."""
+    namespace of doctests.
+
+    Usually this fixture is used in conjunction with another ``autouse`` fixture:
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+        def add_np(doctest_namespace):
+            doctest_namespace["np"] = numpy
+
+    For more details: :ref:`doctest_namespace`.
+    """
     return dict()

src/_pytest/recwarn.py

@@ -160,7 +160,14 @@ def warns(
 class WarningsRecorder(warnings.catch_warnings):
     """A context manager to record raised warnings.
 
+    Each recorded warning is an instance of :class:`warnings.WarningMessage`.
+
     Adapted from `warnings.catch_warnings`.
+
+    .. note::
+        ``DeprecationWarning`` and ``PendingDeprecationWarning`` are treated
+        differently; see :ref:`ensuring_function_triggers`.
+
     """
 
     def __init__(self, *, _ispytest: bool = False) -> None: