Clarify docs for pytest.raises `match`.
For #5208. Document explicit behavior of `match` and brief note on how to handle matching a string that may contain special re chars.
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@ -558,7 +558,13 @@ def raises(expected_exception, *args, **kwargs):
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Assert that a code block/function call raises ``expected_exception``
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Assert that a code block/function call raises ``expected_exception``
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or raise a failure exception otherwise.
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or raise a failure exception otherwise.
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:kwparam match: if specified, asserts that the exception matches a text or regex
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:kwparam match: if specified, a string containing a regular expression,
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or a regular expression object, that is tested against the string
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representation of the exception using ``re.match``. To match a literal
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string that may contain ``special characters``__, the pattern can
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first be escaped with ``re.escape``.
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__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax
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:kwparam message: **(deprecated since 4.1)** if specified, provides a custom failure message
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:kwparam message: **(deprecated since 4.1)** if specified, provides a custom failure message
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if the exception is not raised. See :ref:`the deprecation docs <raises message deprecated>` for a workaround.
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if the exception is not raised. See :ref:`the deprecation docs <raises message deprecated>` for a workaround.
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