diff --git a/_pytest/compat.py b/_pytest/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a2f1e24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pytest/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+"""
+python version compatibility code
+"""
+import sys
+import inspect
+import types
+import re
+import functools
+
+import py
+
+import  _pytest
+
+
+
+try:
+    import enum
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    # Only available in Python 3.4+ or as a backport
+    enum = None
+
+_PY3 = sys.version_info > (3, 0)
+_PY2 = not _PY3
+
+
+NoneType = type(None)
+NOTSET = object()
+
+if hasattr(inspect, 'signature'):
+    def _format_args(func):
+        return str(inspect.signature(func))
+else:
+    def _format_args(func):
+        return inspect.formatargspec(*inspect.getargspec(func))
+
+isfunction = inspect.isfunction
+isclass = inspect.isclass
+# used to work around a python2 exception info leak
+exc_clear = getattr(sys, 'exc_clear', lambda: None)
+# The type of re.compile objects is not exposed in Python.
+REGEX_TYPE = type(re.compile(''))
+
+
+def is_generator(func):
+    try:
+        return _pytest._code.getrawcode(func).co_flags & 32 # generator function
+    except AttributeError: # builtin functions have no bytecode
+        # assume them to not be generators
+        return False
+
+
+def getlocation(function, curdir):
+    import inspect
+    fn = py.path.local(inspect.getfile(function))
+    lineno = py.builtin._getcode(function).co_firstlineno
+    if fn.relto(curdir):
+        fn = fn.relto(curdir)
+    return "%s:%d" %(fn, lineno+1)
+
+
+def num_mock_patch_args(function):
+    """ return number of arguments used up by mock arguments (if any) """
+    patchings = getattr(function, "patchings", None)
+    if not patchings:
+        return 0
+    mock = sys.modules.get("mock", sys.modules.get("unittest.mock", None))
+    if mock is not None:
+        return len([p for p in patchings
+                        if not p.attribute_name and p.new is mock.DEFAULT])
+    return len(patchings)
+
+
+def getfuncargnames(function, startindex=None):
+    # XXX merge with main.py's varnames
+    #assert not isclass(function)
+    realfunction = function
+    while hasattr(realfunction, "__wrapped__"):
+        realfunction = realfunction.__wrapped__
+    if startindex is None:
+        startindex = inspect.ismethod(function) and 1 or 0
+    if realfunction != function:
+        startindex += num_mock_patch_args(function)
+        function = realfunction
+    if isinstance(function, functools.partial):
+        argnames = inspect.getargs(_pytest._code.getrawcode(function.func))[0]
+        partial = function
+        argnames = argnames[len(partial.args):]
+        if partial.keywords:
+            for kw in partial.keywords:
+                argnames.remove(kw)
+    else:
+        argnames = inspect.getargs(_pytest._code.getrawcode(function))[0]
+    defaults = getattr(function, 'func_defaults',
+                       getattr(function, '__defaults__', None)) or ()
+    numdefaults = len(defaults)
+    if numdefaults:
+        return tuple(argnames[startindex:-numdefaults])
+    return tuple(argnames[startindex:])
+
+
+
+if  sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
+    def isclass(object):
+        """ Return true if the object is a class. Overrides inspect.isclass for
+        python 2.6 because it will return True for objects which always return
+        something on __getattr__ calls (see #1035).
+        Backport of https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/35bf8f7a8edc
+        """
+        return isinstance(object, (type, types.ClassType))
+
+
+if _PY3:
+    import codecs
+
+    STRING_TYPES = bytes, str
+
+    def _escape_strings(val):
+        """If val is pure ascii, returns it as a str().  Otherwise, escapes
+        bytes objects into a sequence of escaped bytes:
+
+        b'\xc3\xb4\xc5\xd6' -> u'\\xc3\\xb4\\xc5\\xd6'
+
+        and escapes unicode objects into a sequence of escaped unicode
+        ids, e.g.:
+
+        '4\\nV\\U00043efa\\x0eMXWB\\x1e\\u3028\\u15fd\\xcd\\U0007d944'
+
+        note:
+           the obvious "v.decode('unicode-escape')" will return
+           valid utf-8 unicode if it finds them in bytes, but we
+           want to return escaped bytes for any byte, even if they match
+           a utf-8 string.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(val, bytes):
+            if val:
+                # source: http://goo.gl/bGsnwC
+                encoded_bytes, _ = codecs.escape_encode(val)
+                return encoded_bytes.decode('ascii')
+            else:
+                # empty bytes crashes codecs.escape_encode (#1087)
+                return ''
+        else:
+            return val.encode('unicode_escape').decode('ascii')
+else:
+    STRING_TYPES = bytes, str, unicode
+
+    def _escape_strings(val):
+        """In py2 bytes and str are the same type, so return if it's a bytes
+        object, return it unchanged if it is a full ascii string,
+        otherwise escape it into its binary form.
+
+        If it's a unicode string, change the unicode characters into
+        unicode escapes.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(val, bytes):
+            try:
+                return val.encode('ascii')
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                return val.encode('string-escape')
+        else:
+            return val.encode('unicode-escape')
+
+
+def get_real_func(obj):
+    """ gets the real function object of the (possibly) wrapped object by
+    functools.wraps or functools.partial.
+    """
+    while hasattr(obj, "__wrapped__"):
+        obj = obj.__wrapped__
+    if isinstance(obj, functools.partial):
+        obj = obj.func
+    return obj
+
+def getfslineno(obj):
+    # xxx let decorators etc specify a sane ordering
+    obj = get_real_func(obj)
+    if hasattr(obj, 'place_as'):
+        obj = obj.place_as
+    fslineno = _pytest._code.getfslineno(obj)
+    assert isinstance(fslineno[1], int), obj
+    return fslineno
+
+def getimfunc(func):
+    try:
+        return func.__func__
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            return func.im_func
+        except AttributeError:
+            return func
+
+def safe_getattr(object, name, default):
+    """ Like getattr but return default upon any Exception.
+
+    Attribute access can potentially fail for 'evil' Python objects.
+    See issue214
+    """
+    try:
+        return getattr(object, name, default)
+    except Exception:
+        return default
diff --git a/_pytest/config.py b/_pytest/config.py
index dfc066675..8cb1e6e01 100644
--- a/_pytest/config.py
+++ b/_pytest/config.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class UsageError(Exception):
 _preinit = []
 
 default_plugins = (
-     "mark main terminal runner python debugging unittest capture skipping "
+     "mark main terminal runner python fixtures debugging unittest capture skipping "
      "tmpdir monkeypatch recwarn pastebin helpconfig nose assertion "
      "junitxml resultlog doctest cacheprovider freeze_support "
      "setuponly setupplan").split()
diff --git a/_pytest/doctest.py b/_pytest/doctest.py
index b1babf1e6..649077533 100644
--- a/_pytest/doctest.py
+++ b/_pytest/doctest.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import traceback
 
 import pytest
 from _pytest._code.code import TerminalRepr, ReprFileLocation, ExceptionInfo
-from _pytest.python import FixtureRequest
+from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureRequest
 
 
 
diff --git a/_pytest/fixtures.py b/_pytest/fixtures.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcae06bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -0,0 +1,1083 @@
+import sys
+import py
+import pytest
+import warnings
+
+import inspect
+import _pytest
+from _pytest._code.code import TerminalRepr
+from _pytest.compat import (
+    NOTSET, exc_clear, _format_args,
+    getfslineno, get_real_func,
+    is_generator, isclass, getimfunc,
+    getlocation, getfuncargnames,
+)
+
+def pytest_sessionstart(session):
+    session._fixturemanager = FixtureManager(session)
+
+
+scopename2class = {}
+
+
+scope2props = dict(session=())
+scope2props["module"] = ("fspath", "module")
+scope2props["class"] = scope2props["module"] + ("cls",)
+scope2props["instance"] = scope2props["class"] + ("instance", )
+scope2props["function"] = scope2props["instance"] + ("function", "keywords")
+
+def scopeproperty(name=None, doc=None):
+    def decoratescope(func):
+        scopename = name or func.__name__
+        def provide(self):
+            if func.__name__ in scope2props[self.scope]:
+                return func(self)
+            raise AttributeError("%s not available in %s-scoped context" % (
+                scopename, self.scope))
+        return property(provide, None, None, func.__doc__)
+    return decoratescope
+
+
+def pytest_namespace():
+    scopename2class.update({
+        'class': pytest.Class,
+        'module': pytest.Module,
+        'function': pytest.Item,
+    })
+    return {
+        'fixture': fixture,
+        'yield_fixture': yield_fixture,
+        'collect': {'_fillfuncargs': fillfixtures}
+    }
+
+
+def get_scope_node(node, scope):
+    cls = scopename2class.get(scope)
+    if cls is None:
+        if scope == "session":
+            return node.session
+        raise ValueError("unknown scope")
+    return node.getparent(cls)
+
+
+def add_funcarg_pseudo_fixture_def(collector, metafunc, fixturemanager):
+    # this function will transform all collected calls to a functions
+    # if they use direct funcargs (i.e. direct parametrization)
+    # because we want later test execution to be able to rely on
+    # an existing FixtureDef structure for all arguments.
+    # XXX we can probably avoid this algorithm  if we modify CallSpec2
+    # to directly care for creating the fixturedefs within its methods.
+    if not metafunc._calls[0].funcargs:
+        return # this function call does not have direct parametrization
+    # collect funcargs of all callspecs into a list of values
+    arg2params = {}
+    arg2scope = {}
+    for callspec in metafunc._calls:
+        for argname, argvalue in callspec.funcargs.items():
+            assert argname not in callspec.params
+            callspec.params[argname] = argvalue
+            arg2params_list = arg2params.setdefault(argname, [])
+            callspec.indices[argname] = len(arg2params_list)
+            arg2params_list.append(argvalue)
+            if argname not in arg2scope:
+                scopenum = callspec._arg2scopenum.get(argname,
+                                                      scopenum_function)
+                arg2scope[argname] = scopes[scopenum]
+        callspec.funcargs.clear()
+
+    # register artificial FixtureDef's so that later at test execution
+    # time we can rely on a proper FixtureDef to exist for fixture setup.
+    arg2fixturedefs = metafunc._arg2fixturedefs
+    for argname, valuelist in arg2params.items():
+        # if we have a scope that is higher than function we need
+        # to make sure we only ever create an according fixturedef on
+        # a per-scope basis. We thus store and cache the fixturedef on the
+        # node related to the scope.
+        scope = arg2scope[argname]
+        node = None
+        if scope != "function":
+            node = get_scope_node(collector, scope)
+            if node is None:
+                assert scope == "class" and isinstance(collector, pytest.Module)
+                # use module-level collector for class-scope (for now)
+                node = collector
+        if node and argname in node._name2pseudofixturedef:
+            arg2fixturedefs[argname] = [node._name2pseudofixturedef[argname]]
+        else:
+            fixturedef =  FixtureDef(fixturemanager, '', argname,
+                           get_direct_param_fixture_func,
+                           arg2scope[argname],
+                           valuelist, False, False)
+            arg2fixturedefs[argname] = [fixturedef]
+            if node is not None:
+                node._name2pseudofixturedef[argname] = fixturedef
+
+
+
+def getfixturemarker(obj):
+    """ return fixturemarker or None if it doesn't exist or raised
+    exceptions."""
+    try:
+        return getattr(obj, "_pytestfixturefunction", None)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        raise
+    except Exception:
+        # some objects raise errors like request (from flask import request)
+        # we don't expect them to be fixture functions
+        return None
+
+
+
+def get_parametrized_fixture_keys(item, scopenum):
+    """ return list of keys for all parametrized arguments which match
+    the specified scope. """
+    assert scopenum < scopenum_function  # function
+    try:
+        cs = item.callspec
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    else:
+        # cs.indictes.items() is random order of argnames but
+        # then again different functions (items) can change order of
+        # arguments so it doesn't matter much probably
+        for argname, param_index in cs.indices.items():
+            if cs._arg2scopenum[argname] != scopenum:
+                continue
+            if scopenum == 0:    # session
+                key = (argname, param_index)
+            elif scopenum == 1:  # module
+                key = (argname, param_index, item.fspath)
+            elif scopenum == 2:  # class
+                key = (argname, param_index, item.fspath, item.cls)
+            yield key
+
+
+# algorithm for sorting on a per-parametrized resource setup basis
+# it is called for scopenum==0 (session) first and performs sorting
+# down to the lower scopes such as to minimize number of "high scope"
+# setups and teardowns
+
+def reorder_items(items):
+    argkeys_cache = {}
+    for scopenum in range(0, scopenum_function):
+        argkeys_cache[scopenum] = d = {}
+        for item in items:
+            keys = set(get_parametrized_fixture_keys(item, scopenum))
+            if keys:
+                d[item] = keys
+    return reorder_items_atscope(items, set(), argkeys_cache, 0)
+
+def reorder_items_atscope(items, ignore, argkeys_cache, scopenum):
+    if scopenum >= scopenum_function or len(items) < 3:
+        return items
+    items_done = []
+    while 1:
+        items_before, items_same, items_other, newignore = \
+                slice_items(items, ignore, argkeys_cache[scopenum])
+        items_before = reorder_items_atscope(
+                            items_before, ignore, argkeys_cache,scopenum+1)
+        if items_same is None:
+            # nothing to reorder in this scope
+            assert items_other is None
+            return items_done + items_before
+        items_done.extend(items_before)
+        items = items_same + items_other
+        ignore = newignore
+
+
+def slice_items(items, ignore, scoped_argkeys_cache):
+    # we pick the first item which uses a fixture instance in the
+    # requested scope and which we haven't seen yet.  We slice the input
+    # items list into a list of items_nomatch, items_same and
+    # items_other
+    if scoped_argkeys_cache:  # do we need to do work at all?
+        it = iter(items)
+        # first find a slicing key
+        for i, item in enumerate(it):
+            argkeys = scoped_argkeys_cache.get(item)
+            if argkeys is not None:
+                argkeys = argkeys.difference(ignore)
+                if argkeys:  # found a slicing key
+                    slicing_argkey = argkeys.pop()
+                    items_before = items[:i]
+                    items_same = [item]
+                    items_other = []
+                    # now slice the remainder of the list
+                    for item in it:
+                        argkeys = scoped_argkeys_cache.get(item)
+                        if argkeys and slicing_argkey in argkeys and \
+                            slicing_argkey not in ignore:
+                            items_same.append(item)
+                        else:
+                            items_other.append(item)
+                    newignore = ignore.copy()
+                    newignore.add(slicing_argkey)
+                    return (items_before, items_same, items_other, newignore)
+    return items, None, None, None
+
+
+
+class FuncargnamesCompatAttr:
+    """ helper class so that Metafunc, Function and FixtureRequest
+    don't need to each define the "funcargnames" compatibility attribute.
+    """
+    @property
+    def funcargnames(self):
+        """ alias attribute for ``fixturenames`` for pre-2.3 compatibility"""
+        return self.fixturenames
+
+
+def fillfixtures(function):
+    """ fill missing funcargs for a test function. """
+    try:
+        request = function._request
+    except AttributeError:
+        # XXX this special code path is only expected to execute
+        # with the oejskit plugin.  It uses classes with funcargs
+        # and we thus have to work a bit to allow this.
+        fm = function.session._fixturemanager
+        fi = fm.getfixtureinfo(function.parent, function.obj, None)
+        function._fixtureinfo = fi
+        request = function._request = FixtureRequest(function)
+        request._fillfixtures()
+        # prune out funcargs for jstests
+        newfuncargs = {}
+        for name in fi.argnames:
+            newfuncargs[name] = function.funcargs[name]
+        function.funcargs = newfuncargs
+    else:
+        request._fillfixtures()
+
+
+
+def get_direct_param_fixture_func(request):
+    return request.param
+
+class FuncFixtureInfo:
+    def __init__(self, argnames, names_closure, name2fixturedefs):
+        self.argnames = argnames
+        self.names_closure = names_closure
+        self.name2fixturedefs = name2fixturedefs
+
+
+
+
+class FixtureRequest(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
+    """ A request for a fixture from a test or fixture function.
+
+    A request object gives access to the requesting test context
+    and has an optional ``param`` attribute in case
+    the fixture is parametrized indirectly.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, pyfuncitem):
+        self._pyfuncitem = pyfuncitem
+        #: fixture for which this request is being performed
+        self.fixturename = None
+        #: Scope string, one of "function", "class", "module", "session"
+        self.scope = "function"
+        self._funcargs  = {}
+        self._fixturedefs = {}
+        fixtureinfo = pyfuncitem._fixtureinfo
+        self._arg2fixturedefs = fixtureinfo.name2fixturedefs.copy()
+        self._arg2index = {}
+        self.fixturenames = fixtureinfo.names_closure
+        self._fixturemanager = pyfuncitem.session._fixturemanager
+
+    @property
+    def node(self):
+        """ underlying collection node (depends on current request scope)"""
+        return self._getscopeitem(self.scope)
+
+
+    def _getnextfixturedef(self, argname):
+        fixturedefs = self._arg2fixturedefs.get(argname, None)
+        if fixturedefs is None:
+            # we arrive here because of a  a dynamic call to
+            # getfixturevalue(argname) usage which was naturally
+            # not known at parsing/collection time
+            fixturedefs = self._fixturemanager.getfixturedefs(
+                            argname, self._pyfuncitem.parent.nodeid)
+            self._arg2fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedefs
+        # fixturedefs list is immutable so we maintain a decreasing index
+        index = self._arg2index.get(argname, 0) - 1
+        if fixturedefs is None or (-index > len(fixturedefs)):
+            raise FixtureLookupError(argname, self)
+        self._arg2index[argname] = index
+        return fixturedefs[index]
+
+    @property
+    def config(self):
+        """ the pytest config object associated with this request. """
+        return self._pyfuncitem.config
+
+
+    @scopeproperty()
+    def function(self):
+        """ test function object if the request has a per-function scope. """
+        return self._pyfuncitem.obj
+
+    @scopeproperty("class")
+    def cls(self):
+        """ class (can be None) where the test function was collected. """
+        clscol = self._pyfuncitem.getparent(pytest.Class)
+        if clscol:
+            return clscol.obj
+
+    @property
+    def instance(self):
+        """ instance (can be None) on which test function was collected. """
+        # unittest support hack, see _pytest.unittest.TestCaseFunction
+        try:
+            return self._pyfuncitem._testcase
+        except AttributeError:
+            function = getattr(self, "function", None)
+            if function is not None:
+                return py.builtin._getimself(function)
+
+    @scopeproperty()
+    def module(self):
+        """ python module object where the test function was collected. """
+        return self._pyfuncitem.getparent(pytest.Module).obj
+
+    @scopeproperty()
+    def fspath(self):
+        """ the file system path of the test module which collected this test. """
+        return self._pyfuncitem.fspath
+
+    @property
+    def keywords(self):
+        """ keywords/markers dictionary for the underlying node. """
+        return self.node.keywords
+
+    @property
+    def session(self):
+        """ pytest session object. """
+        return self._pyfuncitem.session
+
+    def addfinalizer(self, finalizer):
+        """ add finalizer/teardown function to be called after the
+        last test within the requesting test context finished
+        execution. """
+        # XXX usually this method is shadowed by fixturedef specific ones
+        self._addfinalizer(finalizer, scope=self.scope)
+
+    def _addfinalizer(self, finalizer, scope):
+        colitem = self._getscopeitem(scope)
+        self._pyfuncitem.session._setupstate.addfinalizer(
+            finalizer=finalizer, colitem=colitem)
+
+    def applymarker(self, marker):
+        """ Apply a marker to a single test function invocation.
+        This method is useful if you don't want to have a keyword/marker
+        on all function invocations.
+
+        :arg marker: a :py:class:`_pytest.mark.MarkDecorator` object
+            created by a call to ``pytest.mark.NAME(...)``.
+        """
+        try:
+            self.node.keywords[marker.markname] = marker
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise ValueError(marker)
+
+    def raiseerror(self, msg):
+        """ raise a FixtureLookupError with the given message. """
+        raise self._fixturemanager.FixtureLookupError(None, self, msg)
+
+    def _fillfixtures(self):
+        item = self._pyfuncitem
+        fixturenames = getattr(item, "fixturenames", self.fixturenames)
+        for argname in fixturenames:
+            if argname not in item.funcargs:
+                item.funcargs[argname] = self.getfixturevalue(argname)
+
+    def cached_setup(self, setup, teardown=None, scope="module", extrakey=None):
+        """ (deprecated) Return a testing resource managed by ``setup`` &
+        ``teardown`` calls.  ``scope`` and ``extrakey`` determine when the
+        ``teardown`` function will be called so that subsequent calls to
+        ``setup`` would recreate the resource.  With pytest-2.3 you often
+        do not need ``cached_setup()`` as you can directly declare a scope
+        on a fixture function and register a finalizer through
+        ``request.addfinalizer()``.
+
+        :arg teardown: function receiving a previously setup resource.
+        :arg setup: a no-argument function creating a resource.
+        :arg scope: a string value out of ``function``, ``class``, ``module``
+            or ``session`` indicating the caching lifecycle of the resource.
+        :arg extrakey: added to internal caching key of (funcargname, scope).
+        """
+        if not hasattr(self.config, '_setupcache'):
+            self.config._setupcache = {} # XXX weakref?
+        cachekey = (self.fixturename, self._getscopeitem(scope), extrakey)
+        cache = self.config._setupcache
+        try:
+            val = cache[cachekey]
+        except KeyError:
+            self._check_scope(self.fixturename, self.scope, scope)
+            val = setup()
+            cache[cachekey] = val
+            if teardown is not None:
+                def finalizer():
+                    del cache[cachekey]
+                    teardown(val)
+                self._addfinalizer(finalizer, scope=scope)
+        return val
+
+    def getfixturevalue(self, argname):
+        """ Dynamically run a named fixture function.
+
+        Declaring fixtures via function argument is recommended where possible.
+        But if you can only decide whether to use another fixture at test
+        setup time, you may use this function to retrieve it inside a fixture
+        or test function body.
+        """
+        return self._get_active_fixturedef(argname).cached_result[0]
+
+    def getfuncargvalue(self, argname):
+        """ Deprecated, use getfixturevalue. """
+        warnings.warn(
+            "use of getfuncargvalue is deprecated, use getfixturevalue",
+            DeprecationWarning)
+        return self.getfixturevalue(argname)
+
+    def _get_active_fixturedef(self, argname):
+        try:
+            return self._fixturedefs[argname]
+        except KeyError:
+            try:
+                fixturedef = self._getnextfixturedef(argname)
+            except FixtureLookupError:
+                if argname == "request":
+                    class PseudoFixtureDef:
+                        cached_result = (self, [0], None)
+                        scope = "function"
+                    return PseudoFixtureDef
+                raise
+        # remove indent to prevent the python3 exception
+        # from leaking into the call
+        result = self._getfixturevalue(fixturedef)
+        self._funcargs[argname] = result
+        self._fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedef
+        return fixturedef
+
+    def _get_fixturestack(self):
+        current = self
+        l = []
+        while 1:
+            fixturedef = getattr(current, "_fixturedef", None)
+            if fixturedef is None:
+                l.reverse()
+                return l
+            l.append(fixturedef)
+            current = current._parent_request
+
+    def _getfixturevalue(self, fixturedef):
+        # prepare a subrequest object before calling fixture function
+        # (latter managed by fixturedef)
+        argname = fixturedef.argname
+        funcitem = self._pyfuncitem
+        scope = fixturedef.scope
+        try:
+            param = funcitem.callspec.getparam(argname)
+        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+            param = NOTSET
+            param_index = 0
+            if fixturedef.params is not None:
+                frame = inspect.stack()[3]
+                frameinfo = inspect.getframeinfo(frame[0])
+                source_path = frameinfo.filename
+                source_lineno = frameinfo.lineno
+                source_path = py.path.local(source_path)
+                if source_path.relto(funcitem.config.rootdir):
+                    source_path = source_path.relto(funcitem.config.rootdir)
+                msg = (
+                    "The requested fixture has no parameter defined for the "
+                    "current test.\n\nRequested fixture '{0}' defined in:\n{1}"
+                    "\n\nRequested here:\n{2}:{3}".format(
+                        fixturedef.argname,
+                        getlocation(fixturedef.func, funcitem.config.rootdir),
+                        source_path,
+                        source_lineno,
+                    )
+                )
+                pytest.fail(msg)
+        else:
+            # indices might not be set if old-style metafunc.addcall() was used
+            param_index = funcitem.callspec.indices.get(argname, 0)
+            # if a parametrize invocation set a scope it will override
+            # the static scope defined with the fixture function
+            paramscopenum = funcitem.callspec._arg2scopenum.get(argname)
+            if paramscopenum is not None:
+                scope = scopes[paramscopenum]
+
+        subrequest = SubRequest(self, scope, param, param_index, fixturedef)
+
+        # check if a higher-level scoped fixture accesses a lower level one
+        subrequest._check_scope(argname, self.scope, scope)
+
+        # clear sys.exc_info before invoking the fixture (python bug?)
+        # if its not explicitly cleared it will leak into the call
+        exc_clear()
+        try:
+            # call the fixture function
+            val = fixturedef.execute(request=subrequest)
+        finally:
+            # if fixture function failed it might have registered finalizers
+            self.session._setupstate.addfinalizer(fixturedef.finish,
+                                                  subrequest.node)
+        return val
+
+    def _check_scope(self, argname, invoking_scope, requested_scope):
+        if argname == "request":
+            return
+        if scopemismatch(invoking_scope, requested_scope):
+            # try to report something helpful
+            lines = self._factorytraceback()
+            pytest.fail("ScopeMismatch: You tried to access the %r scoped "
+                "fixture %r with a %r scoped request object, "
+                "involved factories\n%s" %(
+                (requested_scope, argname, invoking_scope, "\n".join(lines))),
+                pytrace=False)
+
+    def _factorytraceback(self):
+        lines = []
+        for fixturedef in self._get_fixturestack():
+            factory = fixturedef.func
+            fs, lineno = getfslineno(factory)
+            p = self._pyfuncitem.session.fspath.bestrelpath(fs)
+            args = _format_args(factory)
+            lines.append("%s:%d:  def %s%s" %(
+                p, lineno, factory.__name__, args))
+        return lines
+
+    def _getscopeitem(self, scope):
+        if scope == "function":
+            # this might also be a non-function Item despite its attribute name
+            return self._pyfuncitem
+        node = get_scope_node(self._pyfuncitem, scope)
+        if node is None and scope == "class":
+            # fallback to function item itself
+            node = self._pyfuncitem
+        assert node
+        return node
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<FixtureRequest for %r>" %(self.node)
+
+
+class SubRequest(FixtureRequest):
+    """ a sub request for handling getting a fixture from a
+    test function/fixture. """
+    def __init__(self, request, scope, param, param_index, fixturedef):
+        self._parent_request = request
+        self.fixturename = fixturedef.argname
+        if param is not NOTSET:
+            self.param = param
+        self.param_index = param_index
+        self.scope = scope
+        self._fixturedef = fixturedef
+        self.addfinalizer = fixturedef.addfinalizer
+        self._pyfuncitem = request._pyfuncitem
+        self._funcargs  = request._funcargs
+        self._fixturedefs = request._fixturedefs
+        self._arg2fixturedefs = request._arg2fixturedefs
+        self._arg2index = request._arg2index
+        self.fixturenames = request.fixturenames
+        self._fixturemanager = request._fixturemanager
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<SubRequest %r for %r>" % (self.fixturename, self._pyfuncitem)
+
+
+class ScopeMismatchError(Exception):
+    """ A fixture function tries to use a different fixture function which
+    which has a lower scope (e.g. a Session one calls a function one)
+    """
+
+scopes = "session module class function".split()
+scopenum_function = scopes.index("function")
+def scopemismatch(currentscope, newscope):
+    return scopes.index(newscope) > scopes.index(currentscope)
+
+
+class FixtureLookupError(LookupError):
+    """ could not return a requested Fixture (missing or invalid). """
+    def __init__(self, argname, request, msg=None):
+        self.argname = argname
+        self.request = request
+        self.fixturestack = request._get_fixturestack()
+        self.msg = msg
+
+    def formatrepr(self):
+        tblines = []
+        addline = tblines.append
+        stack = [self.request._pyfuncitem.obj]
+        stack.extend(map(lambda x: x.func, self.fixturestack))
+        msg = self.msg
+        if msg is not None:
+            # the last fixture raise an error, let's present
+            # it at the requesting side
+            stack = stack[:-1]
+        for function in stack:
+            fspath, lineno = getfslineno(function)
+            try:
+                lines, _ = inspect.getsourcelines(get_real_func(function))
+            except (IOError, IndexError):
+                error_msg = "file %s, line %s: source code not available"
+                addline(error_msg % (fspath, lineno+1))
+            else:
+                addline("file %s, line %s" % (fspath, lineno+1))
+                for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+                    line = line.rstrip()
+                    addline("  " + line)
+                    if line.lstrip().startswith('def'):
+                        break
+
+        if msg is None:
+            fm = self.request._fixturemanager
+            available = []
+            for name, fixturedef in fm._arg2fixturedefs.items():
+                parentid = self.request._pyfuncitem.parent.nodeid
+                faclist = list(fm._matchfactories(fixturedef, parentid))
+                if faclist:
+                    available.append(name)
+            msg = "fixture %r not found" % (self.argname,)
+            msg += "\n available fixtures: %s" %(", ".join(available),)
+            msg += "\n use 'pytest --fixtures [testpath]' for help on them."
+
+        return FixtureLookupErrorRepr(fspath, lineno, tblines, msg, self.argname)
+
+class FixtureLookupErrorRepr(TerminalRepr):
+    def __init__(self, filename, firstlineno, tblines, errorstring, argname):
+        self.tblines = tblines
+        self.errorstring = errorstring
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.firstlineno = firstlineno
+        self.argname = argname
+
+    def toterminal(self, tw):
+        #tw.line("FixtureLookupError: %s" %(self.argname), red=True)
+        for tbline in self.tblines:
+            tw.line(tbline.rstrip())
+        for line in self.errorstring.split("\n"):
+            tw.line("        " + line.strip(), red=True)
+        tw.line()
+        tw.line("%s:%d" % (self.filename, self.firstlineno+1))
+
+
+def fail_fixturefunc(fixturefunc, msg):
+    fs, lineno = getfslineno(fixturefunc)
+    location = "%s:%s" % (fs, lineno+1)
+    source = _pytest._code.Source(fixturefunc)
+    pytest.fail(msg + ":\n\n" + str(source.indent()) + "\n" + location,
+                pytrace=False)
+
+def call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs):
+    yieldctx = is_generator(fixturefunc)
+    if yieldctx:
+        it = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
+        res = next(it)
+
+        def teardown():
+            try:
+                next(it)
+            except StopIteration:
+                pass
+            else:
+                fail_fixturefunc(fixturefunc,
+                    "yield_fixture function has more than one 'yield'")
+
+        request.addfinalizer(teardown)
+    else:
+        res = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
+    return res
+
+class FixtureDef:
+    """ A container for a factory definition. """
+    def __init__(self, fixturemanager, baseid, argname, func, scope, params,
+                 unittest=False, ids=None):
+        self._fixturemanager = fixturemanager
+        self.baseid = baseid or ''
+        self.has_location = baseid is not None
+        self.func = func
+        self.argname = argname
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.scopenum = scopes.index(scope or "function")
+        self.params = params
+        startindex = unittest and 1 or None
+        self.argnames = getfuncargnames(func, startindex=startindex)
+        self.unittest = unittest
+        self.ids = ids
+        self._finalizer = []
+
+    def addfinalizer(self, finalizer):
+        self._finalizer.append(finalizer)
+
+    def finish(self):
+        try:
+            while self._finalizer:
+                func = self._finalizer.pop()
+                func()
+        finally:
+            ihook = self._fixturemanager.session.ihook
+            ihook.pytest_fixture_post_finalizer(fixturedef=self)
+            # even if finalization fails, we invalidate
+            # the cached fixture value
+            if hasattr(self, "cached_result"):
+                del self.cached_result
+
+    def execute(self, request):
+        # get required arguments and register our own finish()
+        # with their finalization
+        for argname in self.argnames:
+            fixturedef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
+            if argname != "request":
+                fixturedef.addfinalizer(self.finish)
+
+        my_cache_key = request.param_index
+        cached_result = getattr(self, "cached_result", None)
+        if cached_result is not None:
+            result, cache_key, err = cached_result
+            if my_cache_key == cache_key:
+                if err is not None:
+                    py.builtin._reraise(*err)
+                else:
+                    return result
+            # we have a previous but differently parametrized fixture instance
+            # so we need to tear it down before creating a new one
+            self.finish()
+            assert not hasattr(self, "cached_result")
+
+        ihook = self._fixturemanager.session.ihook
+        ihook.pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef=self, request=request)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return ("<FixtureDef name=%r scope=%r baseid=%r >" %
+                (self.argname, self.scope, self.baseid))
+
+def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
+    """ Execution of fixture setup. """
+    kwargs = {}
+    for argname in fixturedef.argnames:
+        fixdef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
+        result, arg_cache_key, exc = fixdef.cached_result
+        request._check_scope(argname, request.scope, fixdef.scope)
+        kwargs[argname] = result
+
+    fixturefunc = fixturedef.func
+    if fixturedef.unittest:
+        if request.instance is not None:
+            # bind the unbound method to the TestCase instance
+            fixturefunc = fixturedef.func.__get__(request.instance)
+    else:
+        # the fixture function needs to be bound to the actual
+        # request.instance so that code working with "fixturedef" behaves
+        # as expected.
+        if request.instance is not None:
+            fixturefunc = getimfunc(fixturedef.func)
+            if fixturefunc != fixturedef.func:
+                fixturefunc = fixturefunc.__get__(request.instance)
+    my_cache_key = request.param_index
+    try:
+        result = call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs)
+    except Exception:
+        fixturedef.cached_result = (None, my_cache_key, sys.exc_info())
+        raise
+    fixturedef.cached_result = (result, my_cache_key, None)
+    return result
+
+
+class FixtureFunctionMarker:
+    def __init__(self, scope, params, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
+        self.scope = scope
+        self.params = params
+        self.autouse = autouse
+        self.ids = ids
+        self.name = name
+
+    def __call__(self, function):
+        if isclass(function):
+            raise ValueError(
+                    "class fixtures not supported (may be in the future)")
+        function._pytestfixturefunction = self
+        return function
+
+
+
+def fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
+    """ (return a) decorator to mark a fixture factory function.
+
+    This decorator can be used (with or or without parameters) to define
+    a fixture function.  The name of the fixture function can later be
+    referenced to cause its invocation ahead of running tests: test
+    modules or classes can use the pytest.mark.usefixtures(fixturename)
+    marker.  Test functions can directly use fixture names as input
+    arguments in which case the fixture instance returned from the fixture
+    function will be injected.
+
+    :arg scope: the scope for which this fixture is shared, one of
+                "function" (default), "class", "module", "session".
+
+    :arg params: an optional list of parameters which will cause multiple
+                invocations of the fixture function and all of the tests
+                using it.
+
+    :arg autouse: if True, the fixture func is activated for all tests that
+                can see it.  If False (the default) then an explicit
+                reference is needed to activate the fixture.
+
+    :arg ids: list of string ids each corresponding to the params
+       so that they are part of the test id. If no ids are provided
+       they will be generated automatically from the params.
+
+    :arg name: the name of the fixture. This defaults to the name of the
+               decorated function. If a fixture is used in the same module in
+               which it is defined, the function name of the fixture will be
+               shadowed by the function arg that requests the fixture; one way
+               to resolve this is to name the decorated function
+               ``fixture_<fixturename>`` and then use
+               ``@pytest.fixture(name='<fixturename>')``.
+
+    Fixtures can optionally provide their values to test functions using a ``yield`` statement,
+    instead of ``return``. In this case, the code block after the ``yield`` statement is executed
+    as teardown code regardless of the test outcome. A fixture function must yield exactly once.
+    """
+    if callable(scope) and params is None and autouse == False:
+        # direct decoration
+        return FixtureFunctionMarker(
+                "function", params, autouse, name=name)(scope)
+    if params is not None and not isinstance(params, (list, tuple)):
+        params = list(params)
+    return FixtureFunctionMarker(scope, params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
+
+
+def yield_fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
+    """ (return a) decorator to mark a yield-fixture factory function.
+
+    .. deprecated:: 1.10
+        Use :py:func:`pytest.fixture` directly instead.
+    """
+    if callable(scope) and params is None and not autouse:
+        # direct decoration
+        return FixtureFunctionMarker(
+                "function", params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)(scope)
+    else:
+        return FixtureFunctionMarker(scope, params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
+
+defaultfuncargprefixmarker = fixture()
+
+
+@fixture(scope="session")
+def pytestconfig(request):
+    """ the pytest config object with access to command line opts."""
+    return request.config
+
+
+
+
+class FixtureManager:
+    """
+    pytest fixtures definitions and information is stored and managed
+    from this class.
+
+    During collection fm.parsefactories() is called multiple times to parse
+    fixture function definitions into FixtureDef objects and internal
+    data structures.
+
+    During collection of test functions, metafunc-mechanics instantiate
+    a FuncFixtureInfo object which is cached per node/func-name.
+    This FuncFixtureInfo object is later retrieved by Function nodes
+    which themselves offer a fixturenames attribute.
+
+    The FuncFixtureInfo object holds information about fixtures and FixtureDefs
+    relevant for a particular function.  An initial list of fixtures is
+    assembled like this:
+
+    - ini-defined usefixtures
+    - autouse-marked fixtures along the collection chain up from the function
+    - usefixtures markers at module/class/function level
+    - test function funcargs
+
+    Subsequently the funcfixtureinfo.fixturenames attribute is computed
+    as the closure of the fixtures needed to setup the initial fixtures,
+    i. e. fixtures needed by fixture functions themselves are appended
+    to the fixturenames list.
+
+    Upon the test-setup phases all fixturenames are instantiated, retrieved
+    by a lookup of their FuncFixtureInfo.
+    """
+
+    _argprefix = "pytest_funcarg__"
+    FixtureLookupError = FixtureLookupError
+    FixtureLookupErrorRepr = FixtureLookupErrorRepr
+
+    def __init__(self, session):
+        self.session = session
+        self.config = session.config
+        self._arg2fixturedefs = {}
+        self._holderobjseen = set()
+        self._arg2finish = {}
+        self._nodeid_and_autousenames = [("", self.config.getini("usefixtures"))]
+        session.config.pluginmanager.register(self, "funcmanage")
+
+
+    def getfixtureinfo(self, node, func, cls, funcargs=True):
+        if funcargs and not hasattr(node, "nofuncargs"):
+            if cls is not None:
+                startindex = 1
+            else:
+                startindex = None
+            argnames = getfuncargnames(func, startindex)
+        else:
+            argnames = ()
+        usefixtures = getattr(func, "usefixtures", None)
+        initialnames = argnames
+        if usefixtures is not None:
+            initialnames = usefixtures.args + initialnames
+        fm = node.session._fixturemanager
+        names_closure, arg2fixturedefs = fm.getfixtureclosure(initialnames,
+                                                              node)
+        return FuncFixtureInfo(argnames, names_closure, arg2fixturedefs)
+
+    def pytest_plugin_registered(self, plugin):
+        nodeid = None
+        try:
+            p = py.path.local(plugin.__file__)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            # construct the base nodeid which is later used to check
+            # what fixtures are visible for particular tests (as denoted
+            # by their test id)
+            if p.basename.startswith("conftest.py"):
+                nodeid = p.dirpath().relto(self.config.rootdir)
+                if p.sep != "/":
+                    nodeid = nodeid.replace(p.sep, "/")
+        self.parsefactories(plugin, nodeid)
+
+    def _getautousenames(self, nodeid):
+        """ return a tuple of fixture names to be used. """
+        autousenames = []
+        for baseid, basenames in self._nodeid_and_autousenames:
+            if nodeid.startswith(baseid):
+                if baseid:
+                    i = len(baseid)
+                    nextchar = nodeid[i:i+1]
+                    if nextchar and nextchar not in ":/":
+                        continue
+                autousenames.extend(basenames)
+        # make sure autousenames are sorted by scope, scopenum 0 is session
+        autousenames.sort(
+            key=lambda x: self._arg2fixturedefs[x][-1].scopenum)
+        return autousenames
+
+    def getfixtureclosure(self, fixturenames, parentnode):
+        # collect the closure of all fixtures , starting with the given
+        # fixturenames as the initial set.  As we have to visit all
+        # factory definitions anyway, we also return a arg2fixturedefs
+        # mapping so that the caller can reuse it and does not have
+        # to re-discover fixturedefs again for each fixturename
+        # (discovering matching fixtures for a given name/node is expensive)
+
+        parentid = parentnode.nodeid
+        fixturenames_closure = self._getautousenames(parentid)
+        def merge(otherlist):
+            for arg in otherlist:
+                if arg not in fixturenames_closure:
+                    fixturenames_closure.append(arg)
+        merge(fixturenames)
+        arg2fixturedefs = {}
+        lastlen = -1
+        while lastlen != len(fixturenames_closure):
+            lastlen = len(fixturenames_closure)
+            for argname in fixturenames_closure:
+                if argname in arg2fixturedefs:
+                    continue
+                fixturedefs = self.getfixturedefs(argname, parentid)
+                if fixturedefs:
+                    arg2fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedefs
+                    merge(fixturedefs[-1].argnames)
+        return fixturenames_closure, arg2fixturedefs
+
+    def pytest_generate_tests(self, metafunc):
+        for argname in metafunc.fixturenames:
+            faclist = metafunc._arg2fixturedefs.get(argname)
+            if faclist:
+                fixturedef = faclist[-1]
+                if fixturedef.params is not None:
+                    func_params = getattr(getattr(metafunc.function, 'parametrize', None), 'args', [[None]])
+                    # skip directly parametrized arguments
+                    argnames = func_params[0]
+                    if not isinstance(argnames, (tuple, list)):
+                        argnames = [x.strip() for x in argnames.split(",") if x.strip()]
+                    if argname not in func_params and argname not in argnames:
+                        metafunc.parametrize(argname, fixturedef.params,
+                                             indirect=True, scope=fixturedef.scope,
+                                             ids=fixturedef.ids)
+            else:
+                continue # will raise FixtureLookupError at setup time
+
+    def pytest_collection_modifyitems(self, items):
+        # separate parametrized setups
+        items[:] = reorder_items(items)
+
+    def parsefactories(self, node_or_obj, nodeid=NOTSET, unittest=False):
+        if nodeid is not NOTSET:
+            holderobj = node_or_obj
+        else:
+            holderobj = node_or_obj.obj
+            nodeid = node_or_obj.nodeid
+        if holderobj in self._holderobjseen:
+            return
+        self._holderobjseen.add(holderobj)
+        autousenames = []
+        for name in dir(holderobj):
+            obj = getattr(holderobj, name, None)
+            # fixture functions have a pytest_funcarg__ prefix (pre-2.3 style)
+            # or are "@pytest.fixture" marked
+            marker = getfixturemarker(obj)
+            if marker is None:
+                if not name.startswith(self._argprefix):
+                    continue
+                if not callable(obj):
+                    continue
+                marker = defaultfuncargprefixmarker
+                name = name[len(self._argprefix):]
+            elif not isinstance(marker, FixtureFunctionMarker):
+                # magic globals  with __getattr__ might have got us a wrong
+                # fixture attribute
+                continue
+            else:
+                if marker.name:
+                    name = marker.name
+                assert not name.startswith(self._argprefix), name
+            fixturedef = FixtureDef(self, nodeid, name, obj,
+                                    marker.scope, marker.params,
+                                    unittest=unittest, ids=marker.ids)
+            faclist = self._arg2fixturedefs.setdefault(name, [])
+            if fixturedef.has_location:
+                faclist.append(fixturedef)
+            else:
+                # fixturedefs with no location are at the front
+                # so this inserts the current fixturedef after the
+                # existing fixturedefs from external plugins but
+                # before the fixturedefs provided in conftests.
+                i = len([f for f in faclist if not f.has_location])
+                faclist.insert(i, fixturedef)
+            if marker.autouse:
+                autousenames.append(name)
+        if autousenames:
+            self._nodeid_and_autousenames.append((nodeid or '', autousenames))
+
+    def getfixturedefs(self, argname, nodeid):
+        try:
+            fixturedefs = self._arg2fixturedefs[argname]
+        except KeyError:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return tuple(self._matchfactories(fixturedefs, nodeid))
+
+    def _matchfactories(self, fixturedefs, nodeid):
+        for fixturedef in fixturedefs:
+            if nodeid.startswith(fixturedef.baseid):
+                yield fixturedef
diff --git a/_pytest/python.py b/_pytest/python.py
index c959b21d8..79502ce1a 100644
--- a/_pytest/python.py
+++ b/_pytest/python.py
@@ -1,63 +1,30 @@
 """ Python test discovery, setup and run of test functions. """
 
 import fnmatch
-import functools
 import inspect
-import re
-import types
 import sys
-import warnings
 import collections
 import math
 
 import py
 import pytest
-from _pytest._code.code import TerminalRepr
 from _pytest.mark import MarkDecorator, MarkerError
 
-try:
-    import enum
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    # Only available in Python 3.4+ or as a backport
-    enum = None
 
 import _pytest
 import _pytest._pluggy as pluggy
+from _pytest import fixtures
+from _pytest.compat import (
+    isclass, isfunction, is_generator, _escape_strings,
+    REGEX_TYPE, STRING_TYPES, NoneType, NOTSET,
+    get_real_func, getfslineno, safe_getattr,
+    getlocation, enum,
+)
 
 cutdir2 = py.path.local(_pytest.__file__).dirpath()
 cutdir1 = py.path.local(pluggy.__file__.rstrip("oc"))
 
 
-NoneType = type(None)
-NOTSET = object()
-isfunction = inspect.isfunction
-isclass = inspect.isclass
-callable = py.builtin.callable
-# used to work around a python2 exception info leak
-exc_clear = getattr(sys, 'exc_clear', lambda: None)
-# The type of re.compile objects is not exposed in Python.
-REGEX_TYPE = type(re.compile(''))
-
-_PY3 = sys.version_info > (3, 0)
-_PY2 = not _PY3
-
-
-if hasattr(inspect, 'signature'):
-    def _format_args(func):
-        return str(inspect.signature(func))
-else:
-    def _format_args(func):
-        return inspect.formatargspec(*inspect.getargspec(func))
-
-if  sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
-    def isclass(object):
-        """ Return true if the object is a class. Overrides inspect.isclass for
-        python 2.6 because it will return True for objects which always return
-        something on __getattr__ calls (see #1035).
-        Backport of https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/35bf8f7a8edc
-        """
-        return isinstance(object, (type, types.ClassType))
-
 def _has_positional_arg(func):
     return func.__code__.co_argcount
 
@@ -76,123 +43,6 @@ def filter_traceback(entry):
     return p != cutdir1 and not p.relto(cutdir2)
 
 
-def get_real_func(obj):
-    """ gets the real function object of the (possibly) wrapped object by
-    functools.wraps or functools.partial.
-    """
-    while hasattr(obj, "__wrapped__"):
-        obj = obj.__wrapped__
-    if isinstance(obj, functools.partial):
-        obj = obj.func
-    return obj
-
-def getfslineno(obj):
-    # xxx let decorators etc specify a sane ordering
-    obj = get_real_func(obj)
-    if hasattr(obj, 'place_as'):
-        obj = obj.place_as
-    fslineno = _pytest._code.getfslineno(obj)
-    assert isinstance(fslineno[1], int), obj
-    return fslineno
-
-def getimfunc(func):
-    try:
-        return func.__func__
-    except AttributeError:
-        try:
-            return func.im_func
-        except AttributeError:
-            return func
-
-def safe_getattr(object, name, default):
-    """ Like getattr but return default upon any Exception.
-
-    Attribute access can potentially fail for 'evil' Python objects.
-    See issue214
-    """
-    try:
-        return getattr(object, name, default)
-    except Exception:
-        return default
-
-
-class FixtureFunctionMarker:
-    def __init__(self, scope, params, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
-        self.scope = scope
-        self.params = params
-        self.autouse = autouse
-        self.ids = ids
-        self.name = name
-
-    def __call__(self, function):
-        if isclass(function):
-            raise ValueError(
-                    "class fixtures not supported (may be in the future)")
-        function._pytestfixturefunction = self
-        return function
-
-
-def fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
-    """ (return a) decorator to mark a fixture factory function.
-
-    This decorator can be used (with or or without parameters) to define
-    a fixture function.  The name of the fixture function can later be
-    referenced to cause its invocation ahead of running tests: test
-    modules or classes can use the pytest.mark.usefixtures(fixturename)
-    marker.  Test functions can directly use fixture names as input
-    arguments in which case the fixture instance returned from the fixture
-    function will be injected.
-
-    :arg scope: the scope for which this fixture is shared, one of
-                "function" (default), "class", "module", "session".
-
-    :arg params: an optional list of parameters which will cause multiple
-                invocations of the fixture function and all of the tests
-                using it.
-
-    :arg autouse: if True, the fixture func is activated for all tests that
-                can see it.  If False (the default) then an explicit
-                reference is needed to activate the fixture.
-
-    :arg ids: list of string ids each corresponding to the params
-       so that they are part of the test id. If no ids are provided
-       they will be generated automatically from the params.
-
-    :arg name: the name of the fixture. This defaults to the name of the
-               decorated function. If a fixture is used in the same module in
-               which it is defined, the function name of the fixture will be
-               shadowed by the function arg that requests the fixture; one way
-               to resolve this is to name the decorated function
-               ``fixture_<fixturename>`` and then use
-               ``@pytest.fixture(name='<fixturename>')``.
-
-    Fixtures can optionally provide their values to test functions using a ``yield`` statement,
-    instead of ``return``. In this case, the code block after the ``yield`` statement is executed
-    as teardown code regardless of the test outcome. A fixture function must yield exactly once.
-    """
-    if callable(scope) and params is None and autouse == False:
-        # direct decoration
-        return FixtureFunctionMarker(
-                "function", params, autouse, name=name)(scope)
-    if params is not None and not isinstance(params, (list, tuple)):
-        params = list(params)
-    return FixtureFunctionMarker(scope, params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
-
-
-def yield_fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
-    """ (return a) decorator to mark a yield-fixture factory function.
-
-    .. deprecated:: 1.10
-        Use :py:func:`pytest.fixture` directly instead.
-    """
-    if callable(scope) and params is None and not autouse:
-        # direct decoration
-        return FixtureFunctionMarker(
-                "function", params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)(scope)
-    else:
-        return FixtureFunctionMarker(scope, params, autouse, ids=ids, name=name)
-
-defaultfuncargprefixmarker = fixture()
 
 def pyobj_property(name):
     def get(self):
@@ -273,28 +123,21 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         "all of the specified fixtures. see http://pytest.org/latest/fixture.html#usefixtures "
     )
 
-def pytest_sessionstart(session):
-    session._fixturemanager = FixtureManager(session)
-
 @pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True)
 def pytest_namespace():
     raises.Exception = pytest.fail.Exception
     return {
-        'fixture': fixture,
-        'yield_fixture': yield_fixture,
         'raises': raises,
         'approx': approx,
         'collect': {
-        'Module': Module, 'Class': Class, 'Instance': Instance,
-        'Function': Function, 'Generator': Generator,
-        '_fillfuncargs': fillfixtures}
+            'Module': Module,
+            'Class': Class,
+            'Instance': Instance,
+            'Function': Function,
+            'Generator': Generator,
+        }
     }
 
-@fixture(scope="session")
-def pytestconfig(request):
-    """ the pytest config object with access to command line opts."""
-    return request.config
-
 
 @pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True)
 def pytest_pyfunc_call(pyfuncitem):
@@ -355,12 +198,7 @@ def pytest_pycollect_makeitem(collector, name, obj):
 def pytest_make_parametrize_id(config, val):
     return None
 
-def is_generator(func):
-    try:
-        return _pytest._code.getrawcode(func).co_flags & 32 # generator function
-    except AttributeError: # builtin functions have no bytecode
-        # assume them to not be generators
-        return False
+
 
 class PyobjContext(object):
     module = pyobj_property("Module")
@@ -443,7 +281,7 @@ class PyCollector(PyobjMixin, pytest.Collector):
     def istestfunction(self, obj, name):
         return (
             (self.funcnamefilter(name) or self.isnosetest(obj)) and
-            safe_getattr(obj, "__call__", False) and getfixturemarker(obj) is None
+            safe_getattr(obj, "__call__", False) and fixtures.getfixturemarker(obj) is None
         )
 
     def istestclass(self, obj, name):
@@ -520,7 +358,7 @@ class PyCollector(PyobjMixin, pytest.Collector):
             yield Function(name, parent=self, fixtureinfo=fixtureinfo)
         else:
             # add funcargs() as fixturedefs to fixtureinfo.arg2fixturedefs
-            add_funcarg_pseudo_fixture_def(self, metafunc, fm)
+            fixtures.add_funcarg_pseudo_fixture_def(self, metafunc, fm)
 
             for callspec in metafunc._calls:
                 subname = "%s[%s]" %(name, callspec.id)
@@ -529,68 +367,6 @@ class PyCollector(PyobjMixin, pytest.Collector):
                                fixtureinfo=fixtureinfo,
                                keywords={callspec.id:True})
 
-def add_funcarg_pseudo_fixture_def(collector, metafunc, fixturemanager):
-    # this function will transform all collected calls to a functions
-    # if they use direct funcargs (i.e. direct parametrization)
-    # because we want later test execution to be able to rely on
-    # an existing FixtureDef structure for all arguments.
-    # XXX we can probably avoid this algorithm  if we modify CallSpec2
-    # to directly care for creating the fixturedefs within its methods.
-    if not metafunc._calls[0].funcargs:
-        return # this function call does not have direct parametrization
-    # collect funcargs of all callspecs into a list of values
-    arg2params = {}
-    arg2scope = {}
-    for callspec in metafunc._calls:
-        for argname, argvalue in callspec.funcargs.items():
-            assert argname not in callspec.params
-            callspec.params[argname] = argvalue
-            arg2params_list = arg2params.setdefault(argname, [])
-            callspec.indices[argname] = len(arg2params_list)
-            arg2params_list.append(argvalue)
-            if argname not in arg2scope:
-                scopenum = callspec._arg2scopenum.get(argname,
-                                                      scopenum_function)
-                arg2scope[argname] = scopes[scopenum]
-        callspec.funcargs.clear()
-
-    # register artificial FixtureDef's so that later at test execution
-    # time we can rely on a proper FixtureDef to exist for fixture setup.
-    arg2fixturedefs = metafunc._arg2fixturedefs
-    for argname, valuelist in arg2params.items():
-        # if we have a scope that is higher than function we need
-        # to make sure we only ever create an according fixturedef on
-        # a per-scope basis. We thus store and cache the fixturedef on the
-        # node related to the scope.
-        scope = arg2scope[argname]
-        node = None
-        if scope != "function":
-            node = get_scope_node(collector, scope)
-            if node is None:
-                assert scope == "class" and isinstance(collector, Module)
-                # use module-level collector for class-scope (for now)
-                node = collector
-        if node and argname in node._name2pseudofixturedef:
-            arg2fixturedefs[argname] = [node._name2pseudofixturedef[argname]]
-        else:
-            fixturedef =  FixtureDef(fixturemanager, '', argname,
-                           get_direct_param_fixture_func,
-                           arg2scope[argname],
-                           valuelist, False, False)
-            arg2fixturedefs[argname] = [fixturedef]
-            if node is not None:
-                node._name2pseudofixturedef[argname] = fixturedef
-
-
-def get_direct_param_fixture_func(request):
-    return request.param
-
-class FuncFixtureInfo:
-    def __init__(self, argnames, names_closure, name2fixturedefs):
-        self.argnames = argnames
-        self.names_closure = names_closure
-        self.name2fixturedefs = name2fixturedefs
-
 
 def _marked(func, mark):
     """ Returns True if :func: is already marked with :mark:, False otherwise.
@@ -836,29 +612,6 @@ def hasinit(obj):
 
 
 
-def fillfixtures(function):
-    """ fill missing funcargs for a test function. """
-    try:
-        request = function._request
-    except AttributeError:
-        # XXX this special code path is only expected to execute
-        # with the oejskit plugin.  It uses classes with funcargs
-        # and we thus have to work a bit to allow this.
-        fm = function.session._fixturemanager
-        fi = fm.getfixtureinfo(function.parent, function.obj, None)
-        function._fixtureinfo = fi
-        request = function._request = FixtureRequest(function)
-        request._fillfixtures()
-        # prune out funcargs for jstests
-        newfuncargs = {}
-        for name in fi.argnames:
-            newfuncargs[name] = function.funcargs[name]
-        function.funcargs = newfuncargs
-    else:
-        request._fillfixtures()
-
-
-_notexists = object()
 
 class CallSpec2(object):
     def __init__(self, metafunc):
@@ -866,9 +619,9 @@ class CallSpec2(object):
         self.funcargs = {}
         self._idlist = []
         self.params = {}
-        self._globalid = _notexists
+        self._globalid = NOTSET
         self._globalid_args = set()
-        self._globalparam = _notexists
+        self._globalparam = NOTSET
         self._arg2scopenum = {}  # used for sorting parametrized resources
         self.keywords = {}
         self.indices = {}
@@ -894,7 +647,7 @@ class CallSpec2(object):
         try:
             return self.params[name]
         except KeyError:
-            if self._globalparam is _notexists:
+            if self._globalparam is NOTSET:
                 raise ValueError(name)
             return self._globalparam
 
@@ -917,25 +670,16 @@ class CallSpec2(object):
         for x in funcargs:
             self._checkargnotcontained(x)
         self.funcargs.update(funcargs)
-        if id is not _notexists:
+        if id is not NOTSET:
             self._idlist.append(id)
-        if param is not _notexists:
-            assert self._globalparam is _notexists
+        if param is not NOTSET:
+            assert self._globalparam is NOTSET
             self._globalparam = param
         for arg in funcargs:
-            self._arg2scopenum[arg] = scopenum_function
+            self._arg2scopenum[arg] = fixtures.scopenum_function
 
 
-class FuncargnamesCompatAttr:
-    """ helper class so that Metafunc, Function and FixtureRequest
-    don't need to each define the "funcargnames" compatibility attribute.
-    """
-    @property
-    def funcargnames(self):
-        """ alias attribute for ``fixturenames`` for pre-2.3 compatibility"""
-        return self.fixturenames
-
-class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
+class Metafunc(fixtures.FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
     """
     Metafunc objects are passed to the ``pytest_generate_tests`` hook.
     They help to inspect a test function and to generate tests according to
@@ -1027,7 +771,7 @@ class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
             if len(argnames) == 1:
                 argvalues = [(val,) for val in argvalues]
         if not argvalues:
-            argvalues = [(_notexists,) * len(argnames)]
+            argvalues = [(NOTSET,) * len(argnames)]
             # we passed a empty list to parameterize, skip that test
             #
             fs, lineno = getfslineno(self.function)
@@ -1040,7 +784,7 @@ class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
 
         if scope is None:
             scope = "function"
-        scopenum = scopes.index(scope)
+        scopenum = fixtures.scopes.index(scope)
         valtypes = {}
         for arg in argnames:
             if arg not in self.fixturenames:
@@ -1076,7 +820,7 @@ class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
                 newcalls.append(newcallspec)
         self._calls = newcalls
 
-    def addcall(self, funcargs=None, id=_notexists, param=_notexists):
+    def addcall(self, funcargs=None, id=NOTSET, param=NOTSET):
         """ (deprecated, use parametrize) Add a new call to the underlying
         test function during the collection phase of a test run.  Note that
         request.addcall() is called during the test collection phase prior and
@@ -1101,7 +845,7 @@ class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
             funcargs = {}
         if id is None:
             raise ValueError("id=None not allowed")
-        if id is _notexists:
+        if id is NOTSET:
             id = len(self._calls)
         id = str(id)
         if id in self._ids:
@@ -1114,55 +858,6 @@ class Metafunc(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
 
 
 
-if _PY3:
-    import codecs
-
-    def _escape_strings(val):
-        """If val is pure ascii, returns it as a str().  Otherwise, escapes
-        bytes objects into a sequence of escaped bytes:
-
-        b'\xc3\xb4\xc5\xd6' -> u'\\xc3\\xb4\\xc5\\xd6'
-
-        and escapes unicode objects into a sequence of escaped unicode
-        ids, e.g.:
-
-        '4\\nV\\U00043efa\\x0eMXWB\\x1e\\u3028\\u15fd\\xcd\\U0007d944'
-
-        note:
-           the obvious "v.decode('unicode-escape')" will return
-           valid utf-8 unicode if it finds them in bytes, but we
-           want to return escaped bytes for any byte, even if they match
-           a utf-8 string.
-
-        """
-        if isinstance(val, bytes):
-            if val:
-                # source: http://goo.gl/bGsnwC
-                encoded_bytes, _ = codecs.escape_encode(val)
-                return encoded_bytes.decode('ascii')
-            else:
-                # empty bytes crashes codecs.escape_encode (#1087)
-                return ''
-        else:
-            return val.encode('unicode_escape').decode('ascii')
-else:
-    def _escape_strings(val):
-        """In py2 bytes and str are the same type, so return if it's a bytes
-        object, return it unchanged if it is a full ascii string,
-        otherwise escape it into its binary form.
-
-        If it's a unicode string, change the unicode characters into
-        unicode escapes.
-
-        """
-        if isinstance(val, bytes):
-            try:
-                return val.encode('ascii')
-            except UnicodeDecodeError:
-                return val.encode('string-escape')
-        else:
-            return val.encode('unicode-escape')
-
 
 def _idval(val, argname, idx, idfn, config=None):
     if idfn:
@@ -1178,7 +873,7 @@ def _idval(val, argname, idx, idfn, config=None):
         if hook_id:
             return hook_id
 
-    if isinstance(val, (bytes, str)) or (_PY2 and isinstance(val, unicode)):
+    if isinstance(val, STRING_TYPES):
         return _escape_strings(val)
     elif isinstance(val, (float, int, bool, NoneType)):
         return str(val)
@@ -1321,13 +1016,6 @@ def _showfixtures_main(config, session):
             tw.line("    %s: no docstring available" %(loc,),
                 red=True)
 
-def getlocation(function, curdir):
-    import inspect
-    fn = py.path.local(inspect.getfile(function))
-    lineno = py.builtin._getcode(function).co_firstlineno
-    if fn.relto(curdir):
-        fn = fn.relto(curdir)
-    return "%s:%d" %(fn, lineno+1)
 
 # builtin pytest.raises helper
 
@@ -1734,7 +1422,7 @@ class ApproxNonIterable(object):
 #  the basic pytest Function item
 #
 
-class Function(FunctionMixin, pytest.Item, FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
+class Function(FunctionMixin, pytest.Item, fixtures.FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
     """ a Function Item is responsible for setting up and executing a
     Python test function.
     """
@@ -1775,7 +1463,7 @@ class Function(FunctionMixin, pytest.Item, FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
                 self._genid = callspec.id
                 if hasattr(callspec, "param"):
                     self.param = callspec.param
-        self._request = FixtureRequest(self)
+        self._request = fixtures.FixtureRequest(self)
 
     @property
     def function(self):
@@ -1803,910 +1491,14 @@ class Function(FunctionMixin, pytest.Item, FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
 
     def setup(self):
         super(Function, self).setup()
-        fillfixtures(self)
+        fixtures.fillfixtures(self)
 
 
-scope2props = dict(session=())
-scope2props["module"] = ("fspath", "module")
-scope2props["class"] = scope2props["module"] + ("cls",)
-scope2props["instance"] = scope2props["class"] + ("instance", )
-scope2props["function"] = scope2props["instance"] + ("function", "keywords")
 
-def scopeproperty(name=None, doc=None):
-    def decoratescope(func):
-        scopename = name or func.__name__
-        def provide(self):
-            if func.__name__ in scope2props[self.scope]:
-                return func(self)
-            raise AttributeError("%s not available in %s-scoped context" % (
-                scopename, self.scope))
-        return property(provide, None, None, func.__doc__)
-    return decoratescope
 
 
-class FixtureRequest(FuncargnamesCompatAttr):
-    """ A request for a fixture from a test or fixture function.
-
-    A request object gives access to the requesting test context
-    and has an optional ``param`` attribute in case
-    the fixture is parametrized indirectly.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, pyfuncitem):
-        self._pyfuncitem = pyfuncitem
-        #: fixture for which this request is being performed
-        self.fixturename = None
-        #: Scope string, one of "function", "class", "module", "session"
-        self.scope = "function"
-        self._funcargs  = {}
-        self._fixturedefs = {}
-        fixtureinfo = pyfuncitem._fixtureinfo
-        self._arg2fixturedefs = fixtureinfo.name2fixturedefs.copy()
-        self._arg2index = {}
-        self.fixturenames = fixtureinfo.names_closure
-        self._fixturemanager = pyfuncitem.session._fixturemanager
-
-    @property
-    def node(self):
-        """ underlying collection node (depends on current request scope)"""
-        return self._getscopeitem(self.scope)
-
-
-    def _getnextfixturedef(self, argname):
-        fixturedefs = self._arg2fixturedefs.get(argname, None)
-        if fixturedefs is None:
-            # we arrive here because of a  a dynamic call to
-            # getfixturevalue(argname) usage which was naturally
-            # not known at parsing/collection time
-            fixturedefs = self._fixturemanager.getfixturedefs(
-                            argname, self._pyfuncitem.parent.nodeid)
-            self._arg2fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedefs
-        # fixturedefs list is immutable so we maintain a decreasing index
-        index = self._arg2index.get(argname, 0) - 1
-        if fixturedefs is None or (-index > len(fixturedefs)):
-            raise FixtureLookupError(argname, self)
-        self._arg2index[argname] = index
-        return fixturedefs[index]
-
-    @property
-    def config(self):
-        """ the pytest config object associated with this request. """
-        return self._pyfuncitem.config
-
-
-    @scopeproperty()
-    def function(self):
-        """ test function object if the request has a per-function scope. """
-        return self._pyfuncitem.obj
-
-    @scopeproperty("class")
-    def cls(self):
-        """ class (can be None) where the test function was collected. """
-        clscol = self._pyfuncitem.getparent(pytest.Class)
-        if clscol:
-            return clscol.obj
-
-    @property
-    def instance(self):
-        """ instance (can be None) on which test function was collected. """
-        # unittest support hack, see _pytest.unittest.TestCaseFunction
-        try:
-            return self._pyfuncitem._testcase
-        except AttributeError:
-            function = getattr(self, "function", None)
-            if function is not None:
-                return py.builtin._getimself(function)
-
-    @scopeproperty()
-    def module(self):
-        """ python module object where the test function was collected. """
-        return self._pyfuncitem.getparent(pytest.Module).obj
-
-    @scopeproperty()
-    def fspath(self):
-        """ the file system path of the test module which collected this test. """
-        return self._pyfuncitem.fspath
-
-    @property
-    def keywords(self):
-        """ keywords/markers dictionary for the underlying node. """
-        return self.node.keywords
-
-    @property
-    def session(self):
-        """ pytest session object. """
-        return self._pyfuncitem.session
-
-    def addfinalizer(self, finalizer):
-        """ add finalizer/teardown function to be called after the
-        last test within the requesting test context finished
-        execution. """
-        # XXX usually this method is shadowed by fixturedef specific ones
-        self._addfinalizer(finalizer, scope=self.scope)
-
-    def _addfinalizer(self, finalizer, scope):
-        colitem = self._getscopeitem(scope)
-        self._pyfuncitem.session._setupstate.addfinalizer(
-            finalizer=finalizer, colitem=colitem)
-
-    def applymarker(self, marker):
-        """ Apply a marker to a single test function invocation.
-        This method is useful if you don't want to have a keyword/marker
-        on all function invocations.
-
-        :arg marker: a :py:class:`_pytest.mark.MarkDecorator` object
-            created by a call to ``pytest.mark.NAME(...)``.
-        """
-        try:
-            self.node.keywords[marker.markname] = marker
-        except AttributeError:
-            raise ValueError(marker)
-
-    def raiseerror(self, msg):
-        """ raise a FixtureLookupError with the given message. """
-        raise self._fixturemanager.FixtureLookupError(None, self, msg)
-
-    def _fillfixtures(self):
-        item = self._pyfuncitem
-        fixturenames = getattr(item, "fixturenames", self.fixturenames)
-        for argname in fixturenames:
-            if argname not in item.funcargs:
-                item.funcargs[argname] = self.getfixturevalue(argname)
-
-    def cached_setup(self, setup, teardown=None, scope="module", extrakey=None):
-        """ (deprecated) Return a testing resource managed by ``setup`` &
-        ``teardown`` calls.  ``scope`` and ``extrakey`` determine when the
-        ``teardown`` function will be called so that subsequent calls to
-        ``setup`` would recreate the resource.  With pytest-2.3 you often
-        do not need ``cached_setup()`` as you can directly declare a scope
-        on a fixture function and register a finalizer through
-        ``request.addfinalizer()``.
-
-        :arg teardown: function receiving a previously setup resource.
-        :arg setup: a no-argument function creating a resource.
-        :arg scope: a string value out of ``function``, ``class``, ``module``
-            or ``session`` indicating the caching lifecycle of the resource.
-        :arg extrakey: added to internal caching key of (funcargname, scope).
-        """
-        if not hasattr(self.config, '_setupcache'):
-            self.config._setupcache = {} # XXX weakref?
-        cachekey = (self.fixturename, self._getscopeitem(scope), extrakey)
-        cache = self.config._setupcache
-        try:
-            val = cache[cachekey]
-        except KeyError:
-            self._check_scope(self.fixturename, self.scope, scope)
-            val = setup()
-            cache[cachekey] = val
-            if teardown is not None:
-                def finalizer():
-                    del cache[cachekey]
-                    teardown(val)
-                self._addfinalizer(finalizer, scope=scope)
-        return val
-
-    def getfixturevalue(self, argname):
-        """ Dynamically run a named fixture function.
-
-        Declaring fixtures via function argument is recommended where possible.
-        But if you can only decide whether to use another fixture at test
-        setup time, you may use this function to retrieve it inside a fixture
-        or test function body.
-        """
-        return self._get_active_fixturedef(argname).cached_result[0]
-
-    def getfuncargvalue(self, argname):
-        """ Deprecated, use getfixturevalue. """
-        warnings.warn(
-            "use of getfuncargvalue is deprecated, use getfixturevalue",
-            DeprecationWarning)
-        return self.getfixturevalue(argname)
-
-    def _get_active_fixturedef(self, argname):
-        try:
-            return self._fixturedefs[argname]
-        except KeyError:
-            try:
-                fixturedef = self._getnextfixturedef(argname)
-            except FixtureLookupError:
-                if argname == "request":
-                    class PseudoFixtureDef:
-                        cached_result = (self, [0], None)
-                        scope = "function"
-                    return PseudoFixtureDef
-                raise
-        # remove indent to prevent the python3 exception
-        # from leaking into the call
-        result = self._getfixturevalue(fixturedef)
-        self._funcargs[argname] = result
-        self._fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedef
-        return fixturedef
-
-    def _get_fixturestack(self):
-        current = self
-        l = []
-        while 1:
-            fixturedef = getattr(current, "_fixturedef", None)
-            if fixturedef is None:
-                l.reverse()
-                return l
-            l.append(fixturedef)
-            current = current._parent_request
-
-    def _getfixturevalue(self, fixturedef):
-        # prepare a subrequest object before calling fixture function
-        # (latter managed by fixturedef)
-        argname = fixturedef.argname
-        funcitem = self._pyfuncitem
-        scope = fixturedef.scope
-        try:
-            param = funcitem.callspec.getparam(argname)
-        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-            param = NOTSET
-            param_index = 0
-            if fixturedef.params is not None:
-                frame = inspect.stack()[3]
-                frameinfo = inspect.getframeinfo(frame[0])
-                source_path = frameinfo.filename
-                source_lineno = frameinfo.lineno
-                source_path = py.path.local(source_path)
-                if source_path.relto(funcitem.config.rootdir):
-                    source_path = source_path.relto(funcitem.config.rootdir)
-                msg = (
-                    "The requested fixture has no parameter defined for the "
-                    "current test.\n\nRequested fixture '{0}' defined in:\n{1}"
-                    "\n\nRequested here:\n{2}:{3}".format(
-                        fixturedef.argname,
-                        getlocation(fixturedef.func, funcitem.config.rootdir),
-                        source_path,
-                        source_lineno,
-                    )
-                )
-                pytest.fail(msg)
-        else:
-            # indices might not be set if old-style metafunc.addcall() was used
-            param_index = funcitem.callspec.indices.get(argname, 0)
-            # if a parametrize invocation set a scope it will override
-            # the static scope defined with the fixture function
-            paramscopenum = funcitem.callspec._arg2scopenum.get(argname)
-            if paramscopenum is not None:
-                scope = scopes[paramscopenum]
-
-        subrequest = SubRequest(self, scope, param, param_index, fixturedef)
-
-        # check if a higher-level scoped fixture accesses a lower level one
-        subrequest._check_scope(argname, self.scope, scope)
-
-        # clear sys.exc_info before invoking the fixture (python bug?)
-        # if its not explicitly cleared it will leak into the call
-        exc_clear()
-        try:
-            # call the fixture function
-            val = fixturedef.execute(request=subrequest)
-        finally:
-            # if fixture function failed it might have registered finalizers
-            self.session._setupstate.addfinalizer(fixturedef.finish,
-                                                  subrequest.node)
-        return val
-
-    def _check_scope(self, argname, invoking_scope, requested_scope):
-        if argname == "request":
-            return
-        if scopemismatch(invoking_scope, requested_scope):
-            # try to report something helpful
-            lines = self._factorytraceback()
-            pytest.fail("ScopeMismatch: You tried to access the %r scoped "
-                "fixture %r with a %r scoped request object, "
-                "involved factories\n%s" %(
-                (requested_scope, argname, invoking_scope, "\n".join(lines))),
-                pytrace=False)
-
-    def _factorytraceback(self):
-        lines = []
-        for fixturedef in self._get_fixturestack():
-            factory = fixturedef.func
-            fs, lineno = getfslineno(factory)
-            p = self._pyfuncitem.session.fspath.bestrelpath(fs)
-            args = _format_args(factory)
-            lines.append("%s:%d:  def %s%s" %(
-                p, lineno, factory.__name__, args))
-        return lines
-
-    def _getscopeitem(self, scope):
-        if scope == "function":
-            # this might also be a non-function Item despite its attribute name
-            return self._pyfuncitem
-        node = get_scope_node(self._pyfuncitem, scope)
-        if node is None and scope == "class":
-            # fallback to function item itself
-            node = self._pyfuncitem
-        assert node
-        return node
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<FixtureRequest for %r>" %(self.node)
-
-
-class SubRequest(FixtureRequest):
-    """ a sub request for handling getting a fixture from a
-    test function/fixture. """
-    def __init__(self, request, scope, param, param_index, fixturedef):
-        self._parent_request = request
-        self.fixturename = fixturedef.argname
-        if param is not NOTSET:
-            self.param = param
-        self.param_index = param_index
-        self.scope = scope
-        self._fixturedef = fixturedef
-        self.addfinalizer = fixturedef.addfinalizer
-        self._pyfuncitem = request._pyfuncitem
-        self._funcargs  = request._funcargs
-        self._fixturedefs = request._fixturedefs
-        self._arg2fixturedefs = request._arg2fixturedefs
-        self._arg2index = request._arg2index
-        self.fixturenames = request.fixturenames
-        self._fixturemanager = request._fixturemanager
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return "<SubRequest %r for %r>" % (self.fixturename, self._pyfuncitem)
-
-
-class ScopeMismatchError(Exception):
-    """ A fixture function tries to use a different fixture function which
-    which has a lower scope (e.g. a Session one calls a function one)
-    """
-
-scopes = "session module class function".split()
-scopenum_function = scopes.index("function")
-def scopemismatch(currentscope, newscope):
-    return scopes.index(newscope) > scopes.index(currentscope)
-
-
-class FixtureLookupError(LookupError):
-    """ could not return a requested Fixture (missing or invalid). """
-    def __init__(self, argname, request, msg=None):
-        self.argname = argname
-        self.request = request
-        self.fixturestack = request._get_fixturestack()
-        self.msg = msg
-
-    def formatrepr(self):
-        tblines = []
-        addline = tblines.append
-        stack = [self.request._pyfuncitem.obj]
-        stack.extend(map(lambda x: x.func, self.fixturestack))
-        msg = self.msg
-        if msg is not None:
-            # the last fixture raise an error, let's present
-            # it at the requesting side
-            stack = stack[:-1]
-        for function in stack:
-            fspath, lineno = getfslineno(function)
-            try:
-                lines, _ = inspect.getsourcelines(get_real_func(function))
-            except (IOError, IndexError):
-                error_msg = "file %s, line %s: source code not available"
-                addline(error_msg % (fspath, lineno+1))
-            else:
-                addline("file %s, line %s" % (fspath, lineno+1))
-                for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-                    line = line.rstrip()
-                    addline("  " + line)
-                    if line.lstrip().startswith('def'):
-                        break
-
-        if msg is None:
-            fm = self.request._fixturemanager
-            available = []
-            for name, fixturedef in fm._arg2fixturedefs.items():
-                parentid = self.request._pyfuncitem.parent.nodeid
-                faclist = list(fm._matchfactories(fixturedef, parentid))
-                if faclist:
-                    available.append(name)
-            msg = "fixture %r not found" % (self.argname,)
-            msg += "\n available fixtures: %s" %(", ".join(available),)
-            msg += "\n use 'pytest --fixtures [testpath]' for help on them."
-
-        return FixtureLookupErrorRepr(fspath, lineno, tblines, msg, self.argname)
-
-class FixtureLookupErrorRepr(TerminalRepr):
-    def __init__(self, filename, firstlineno, tblines, errorstring, argname):
-        self.tblines = tblines
-        self.errorstring = errorstring
-        self.filename = filename
-        self.firstlineno = firstlineno
-        self.argname = argname
-
-    def toterminal(self, tw):
-        #tw.line("FixtureLookupError: %s" %(self.argname), red=True)
-        for tbline in self.tblines:
-            tw.line(tbline.rstrip())
-        for line in self.errorstring.split("\n"):
-            tw.line("        " + line.strip(), red=True)
-        tw.line()
-        tw.line("%s:%d" % (self.filename, self.firstlineno+1))
-
-class FixtureManager:
-    """
-    pytest fixtures definitions and information is stored and managed
-    from this class.
-
-    During collection fm.parsefactories() is called multiple times to parse
-    fixture function definitions into FixtureDef objects and internal
-    data structures.
-
-    During collection of test functions, metafunc-mechanics instantiate
-    a FuncFixtureInfo object which is cached per node/func-name.
-    This FuncFixtureInfo object is later retrieved by Function nodes
-    which themselves offer a fixturenames attribute.
-
-    The FuncFixtureInfo object holds information about fixtures and FixtureDefs
-    relevant for a particular function.  An initial list of fixtures is
-    assembled like this:
-
-    - ini-defined usefixtures
-    - autouse-marked fixtures along the collection chain up from the function
-    - usefixtures markers at module/class/function level
-    - test function funcargs
-
-    Subsequently the funcfixtureinfo.fixturenames attribute is computed
-    as the closure of the fixtures needed to setup the initial fixtures,
-    i. e. fixtures needed by fixture functions themselves are appended
-    to the fixturenames list.
-
-    Upon the test-setup phases all fixturenames are instantiated, retrieved
-    by a lookup of their FuncFixtureInfo.
-    """
-
-    _argprefix = "pytest_funcarg__"
-    FixtureLookupError = FixtureLookupError
-    FixtureLookupErrorRepr = FixtureLookupErrorRepr
-
-    def __init__(self, session):
-        self.session = session
-        self.config = session.config
-        self._arg2fixturedefs = {}
-        self._holderobjseen = set()
-        self._arg2finish = {}
-        self._nodeid_and_autousenames = [("", self.config.getini("usefixtures"))]
-        session.config.pluginmanager.register(self, "funcmanage")
-
-
-    def getfixtureinfo(self, node, func, cls, funcargs=True):
-        if funcargs and not hasattr(node, "nofuncargs"):
-            if cls is not None:
-                startindex = 1
-            else:
-                startindex = None
-            argnames = getfuncargnames(func, startindex)
-        else:
-            argnames = ()
-        usefixtures = getattr(func, "usefixtures", None)
-        initialnames = argnames
-        if usefixtures is not None:
-            initialnames = usefixtures.args + initialnames
-        fm = node.session._fixturemanager
-        names_closure, arg2fixturedefs = fm.getfixtureclosure(initialnames,
-                                                              node)
-        return FuncFixtureInfo(argnames, names_closure, arg2fixturedefs)
-
-    def pytest_plugin_registered(self, plugin):
-        nodeid = None
-        try:
-            p = py.path.local(plugin.__file__)
-        except AttributeError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            # construct the base nodeid which is later used to check
-            # what fixtures are visible for particular tests (as denoted
-            # by their test id)
-            if p.basename.startswith("conftest.py"):
-                nodeid = p.dirpath().relto(self.config.rootdir)
-                if p.sep != "/":
-                    nodeid = nodeid.replace(p.sep, "/")
-        self.parsefactories(plugin, nodeid)
-
-    def _getautousenames(self, nodeid):
-        """ return a tuple of fixture names to be used. """
-        autousenames = []
-        for baseid, basenames in self._nodeid_and_autousenames:
-            if nodeid.startswith(baseid):
-                if baseid:
-                    i = len(baseid)
-                    nextchar = nodeid[i:i+1]
-                    if nextchar and nextchar not in ":/":
-                        continue
-                autousenames.extend(basenames)
-        # make sure autousenames are sorted by scope, scopenum 0 is session
-        autousenames.sort(
-            key=lambda x: self._arg2fixturedefs[x][-1].scopenum)
-        return autousenames
-
-    def getfixtureclosure(self, fixturenames, parentnode):
-        # collect the closure of all fixtures , starting with the given
-        # fixturenames as the initial set.  As we have to visit all
-        # factory definitions anyway, we also return a arg2fixturedefs
-        # mapping so that the caller can reuse it and does not have
-        # to re-discover fixturedefs again for each fixturename
-        # (discovering matching fixtures for a given name/node is expensive)
-
-        parentid = parentnode.nodeid
-        fixturenames_closure = self._getautousenames(parentid)
-        def merge(otherlist):
-            for arg in otherlist:
-                if arg not in fixturenames_closure:
-                    fixturenames_closure.append(arg)
-        merge(fixturenames)
-        arg2fixturedefs = {}
-        lastlen = -1
-        while lastlen != len(fixturenames_closure):
-            lastlen = len(fixturenames_closure)
-            for argname in fixturenames_closure:
-                if argname in arg2fixturedefs:
-                    continue
-                fixturedefs = self.getfixturedefs(argname, parentid)
-                if fixturedefs:
-                    arg2fixturedefs[argname] = fixturedefs
-                    merge(fixturedefs[-1].argnames)
-        return fixturenames_closure, arg2fixturedefs
-
-    def pytest_generate_tests(self, metafunc):
-        for argname in metafunc.fixturenames:
-            faclist = metafunc._arg2fixturedefs.get(argname)
-            if faclist:
-                fixturedef = faclist[-1]
-                if fixturedef.params is not None:
-                    func_params = getattr(getattr(metafunc.function, 'parametrize', None), 'args', [[None]])
-                    # skip directly parametrized arguments
-                    argnames = func_params[0]
-                    if not isinstance(argnames, (tuple, list)):
-                        argnames = [x.strip() for x in argnames.split(",") if x.strip()]
-                    if argname not in func_params and argname not in argnames:
-                        metafunc.parametrize(argname, fixturedef.params,
-                                             indirect=True, scope=fixturedef.scope,
-                                             ids=fixturedef.ids)
-            else:
-                continue # will raise FixtureLookupError at setup time
-
-    def pytest_collection_modifyitems(self, items):
-        # separate parametrized setups
-        items[:] = reorder_items(items)
-
-    def parsefactories(self, node_or_obj, nodeid=NOTSET, unittest=False):
-        if nodeid is not NOTSET:
-            holderobj = node_or_obj
-        else:
-            holderobj = node_or_obj.obj
-            nodeid = node_or_obj.nodeid
-        if holderobj in self._holderobjseen:
-            return
-        self._holderobjseen.add(holderobj)
-        autousenames = []
-        for name in dir(holderobj):
-            obj = getattr(holderobj, name, None)
-            # fixture functions have a pytest_funcarg__ prefix (pre-2.3 style)
-            # or are "@pytest.fixture" marked
-            marker = getfixturemarker(obj)
-            if marker is None:
-                if not name.startswith(self._argprefix):
-                    continue
-                if not callable(obj):
-                    continue
-                marker = defaultfuncargprefixmarker
-                name = name[len(self._argprefix):]
-            elif not isinstance(marker, FixtureFunctionMarker):
-                # magic globals  with __getattr__ might have got us a wrong
-                # fixture attribute
-                continue
-            else:
-                if marker.name:
-                    name = marker.name
-                assert not name.startswith(self._argprefix), name
-            fixturedef = FixtureDef(self, nodeid, name, obj,
-                                    marker.scope, marker.params,
-                                    unittest=unittest, ids=marker.ids)
-            faclist = self._arg2fixturedefs.setdefault(name, [])
-            if fixturedef.has_location:
-                faclist.append(fixturedef)
-            else:
-                # fixturedefs with no location are at the front
-                # so this inserts the current fixturedef after the
-                # existing fixturedefs from external plugins but
-                # before the fixturedefs provided in conftests.
-                i = len([f for f in faclist if not f.has_location])
-                faclist.insert(i, fixturedef)
-            if marker.autouse:
-                autousenames.append(name)
-        if autousenames:
-            self._nodeid_and_autousenames.append((nodeid or '', autousenames))
-
-    def getfixturedefs(self, argname, nodeid):
-        try:
-            fixturedefs = self._arg2fixturedefs[argname]
-        except KeyError:
-            return None
-        else:
-            return tuple(self._matchfactories(fixturedefs, nodeid))
-
-    def _matchfactories(self, fixturedefs, nodeid):
-        for fixturedef in fixturedefs:
-            if nodeid.startswith(fixturedef.baseid):
-                yield fixturedef
-
-
-def fail_fixturefunc(fixturefunc, msg):
-    fs, lineno = getfslineno(fixturefunc)
-    location = "%s:%s" % (fs, lineno+1)
-    source = _pytest._code.Source(fixturefunc)
-    pytest.fail(msg + ":\n\n" + str(source.indent()) + "\n" + location,
-                pytrace=False)
-
-def call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs):
-    yieldctx = is_generator(fixturefunc)
-    if yieldctx:
-        it = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
-        res = next(it)
-
-        def teardown():
-            try:
-                next(it)
-            except StopIteration:
-                pass
-            else:
-                fail_fixturefunc(fixturefunc,
-                    "yield_fixture function has more than one 'yield'")
-
-        request.addfinalizer(teardown)
-    else:
-        res = fixturefunc(**kwargs)
-    return res
-
-class FixtureDef:
-    """ A container for a factory definition. """
-    def __init__(self, fixturemanager, baseid, argname, func, scope, params,
-                 unittest=False, ids=None):
-        self._fixturemanager = fixturemanager
-        self.baseid = baseid or ''
-        self.has_location = baseid is not None
-        self.func = func
-        self.argname = argname
-        self.scope = scope
-        self.scopenum = scopes.index(scope or "function")
-        self.params = params
-        startindex = unittest and 1 or None
-        self.argnames = getfuncargnames(func, startindex=startindex)
-        self.unittest = unittest
-        self.ids = ids
-        self._finalizer = []
-
-    def addfinalizer(self, finalizer):
-        self._finalizer.append(finalizer)
-
-    def finish(self):
-        try:
-            while self._finalizer:
-                func = self._finalizer.pop()
-                func()
-        finally:
-            ihook = self._fixturemanager.session.ihook
-            ihook.pytest_fixture_post_finalizer(fixturedef=self)
-            # even if finalization fails, we invalidate
-            # the cached fixture value
-            if hasattr(self, "cached_result"):
-                del self.cached_result
-
-    def execute(self, request):
-        # get required arguments and register our own finish()
-        # with their finalization
-        for argname in self.argnames:
-            fixturedef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
-            if argname != "request":
-                fixturedef.addfinalizer(self.finish)
-
-        my_cache_key = request.param_index
-        cached_result = getattr(self, "cached_result", None)
-        if cached_result is not None:
-            result, cache_key, err = cached_result
-            if my_cache_key == cache_key:
-                if err is not None:
-                    py.builtin._reraise(*err)
-                else:
-                    return result
-            # we have a previous but differently parametrized fixture instance
-            # so we need to tear it down before creating a new one
-            self.finish()
-            assert not hasattr(self, "cached_result")
-
-        ihook = self._fixturemanager.session.ihook
-        ihook.pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef=self, request=request)
-
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return ("<FixtureDef name=%r scope=%r baseid=%r >" %
-                (self.argname, self.scope, self.baseid))
-
-def pytest_fixture_setup(fixturedef, request):
-    """ Execution of fixture setup. """
-    kwargs = {}
-    for argname in fixturedef.argnames:
-        fixdef = request._get_active_fixturedef(argname)
-        result, arg_cache_key, exc = fixdef.cached_result
-        request._check_scope(argname, request.scope, fixdef.scope)
-        kwargs[argname] = result
-
-    fixturefunc = fixturedef.func
-    if fixturedef.unittest:
-        if request.instance is not None:
-            # bind the unbound method to the TestCase instance
-            fixturefunc = fixturedef.func.__get__(request.instance)
-    else:
-        # the fixture function needs to be bound to the actual
-        # request.instance so that code working with "fixturedef" behaves
-        # as expected.
-        if request.instance is not None:
-            fixturefunc = getimfunc(fixturedef.func)
-            if fixturefunc != fixturedef.func:
-                fixturefunc = fixturefunc.__get__(request.instance)
-    my_cache_key = request.param_index
-    try:
-        result = call_fixture_func(fixturefunc, request, kwargs)
-    except Exception:
-        fixturedef.cached_result = (None, my_cache_key, sys.exc_info())
-        raise
-    fixturedef.cached_result = (result, my_cache_key, None)
-    return result
-
-def num_mock_patch_args(function):
-    """ return number of arguments used up by mock arguments (if any) """
-    patchings = getattr(function, "patchings", None)
-    if not patchings:
-        return 0
-    mock = sys.modules.get("mock", sys.modules.get("unittest.mock", None))
-    if mock is not None:
-        return len([p for p in patchings
-                        if not p.attribute_name and p.new is mock.DEFAULT])
-    return len(patchings)
-
-
-def getfuncargnames(function, startindex=None):
-    # XXX merge with main.py's varnames
-    #assert not isclass(function)
-    realfunction = function
-    while hasattr(realfunction, "__wrapped__"):
-        realfunction = realfunction.__wrapped__
-    if startindex is None:
-        startindex = inspect.ismethod(function) and 1 or 0
-    if realfunction != function:
-        startindex += num_mock_patch_args(function)
-        function = realfunction
-    if isinstance(function, functools.partial):
-        argnames = inspect.getargs(_pytest._code.getrawcode(function.func))[0]
-        partial = function
-        argnames = argnames[len(partial.args):]
-        if partial.keywords:
-            for kw in partial.keywords:
-                argnames.remove(kw)
-    else:
-        argnames = inspect.getargs(_pytest._code.getrawcode(function))[0]
-    defaults = getattr(function, 'func_defaults',
-                       getattr(function, '__defaults__', None)) or ()
-    numdefaults = len(defaults)
-    if numdefaults:
-        return tuple(argnames[startindex:-numdefaults])
-    return tuple(argnames[startindex:])
-
-# algorithm for sorting on a per-parametrized resource setup basis
-# it is called for scopenum==0 (session) first and performs sorting
-# down to the lower scopes such as to minimize number of "high scope"
-# setups and teardowns
-
-def reorder_items(items):
-    argkeys_cache = {}
-    for scopenum in range(0, scopenum_function):
-        argkeys_cache[scopenum] = d = {}
-        for item in items:
-            keys = set(get_parametrized_fixture_keys(item, scopenum))
-            if keys:
-                d[item] = keys
-    return reorder_items_atscope(items, set(), argkeys_cache, 0)
-
-def reorder_items_atscope(items, ignore, argkeys_cache, scopenum):
-    if scopenum >= scopenum_function or len(items) < 3:
-        return items
-    items_done = []
-    while 1:
-        items_before, items_same, items_other, newignore = \
-                slice_items(items, ignore, argkeys_cache[scopenum])
-        items_before = reorder_items_atscope(
-                            items_before, ignore, argkeys_cache,scopenum+1)
-        if items_same is None:
-            # nothing to reorder in this scope
-            assert items_other is None
-            return items_done + items_before
-        items_done.extend(items_before)
-        items = items_same + items_other
-        ignore = newignore
-
-
-def slice_items(items, ignore, scoped_argkeys_cache):
-    # we pick the first item which uses a fixture instance in the
-    # requested scope and which we haven't seen yet.  We slice the input
-    # items list into a list of items_nomatch, items_same and
-    # items_other
-    if scoped_argkeys_cache:  # do we need to do work at all?
-        it = iter(items)
-        # first find a slicing key
-        for i, item in enumerate(it):
-            argkeys = scoped_argkeys_cache.get(item)
-            if argkeys is not None:
-                argkeys = argkeys.difference(ignore)
-                if argkeys:  # found a slicing key
-                    slicing_argkey = argkeys.pop()
-                    items_before = items[:i]
-                    items_same = [item]
-                    items_other = []
-                    # now slice the remainder of the list
-                    for item in it:
-                        argkeys = scoped_argkeys_cache.get(item)
-                        if argkeys and slicing_argkey in argkeys and \
-                            slicing_argkey not in ignore:
-                            items_same.append(item)
-                        else:
-                            items_other.append(item)
-                    newignore = ignore.copy()
-                    newignore.add(slicing_argkey)
-                    return (items_before, items_same, items_other, newignore)
-    return items, None, None, None
-
-def get_parametrized_fixture_keys(item, scopenum):
-    """ return list of keys for all parametrized arguments which match
-    the specified scope. """
-    assert scopenum < scopenum_function  # function
-    try:
-        cs = item.callspec
-    except AttributeError:
-        pass
-    else:
-        # cs.indictes.items() is random order of argnames but
-        # then again different functions (items) can change order of
-        # arguments so it doesn't matter much probably
-        for argname, param_index in cs.indices.items():
-            if cs._arg2scopenum[argname] != scopenum:
-                continue
-            if scopenum == 0:    # session
-                key = (argname, param_index)
-            elif scopenum == 1:  # module
-                key = (argname, param_index, item.fspath)
-            elif scopenum == 2:  # class
-                key = (argname, param_index, item.fspath, item.cls)
-            yield key
-
 
 def xunitsetup(obj, name):
     meth = getattr(obj, name, None)
-    if getfixturemarker(meth) is None:
+    if fixtures.getfixturemarker(meth) is None:
         return meth
-
-def getfixturemarker(obj):
-    """ return fixturemarker or None if it doesn't exist or raised
-    exceptions."""
-    try:
-        return getattr(obj, "_pytestfixturefunction", None)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        raise
-    except Exception:
-        # some objects raise errors like request (from flask import request)
-        # we don't expect them to be fixture functions
-        return None
-
-scopename2class = {
-    'class': Class,
-    'module': Module,
-    'function': pytest.Item,
-}
-def get_scope_node(node, scope):
-    cls = scopename2class.get(scope)
-    if cls is None:
-        if scope == "session":
-            return node.session
-        raise ValueError("unknown scope")
-    return node.getparent(cls)
diff --git a/testing/python/collect.py b/testing/python/collect.py
index 2eae8a9f9..13f7aacf5 100644
--- a/testing/python/collect.py
+++ b/testing/python/collect.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class TestFunction:
         reprec.assertoutcome()
 
     def test_function_equality(self, testdir, tmpdir):
-        from _pytest.python import FixtureManager
+        from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureManager
         config = testdir.parseconfigure()
         session = testdir.Session(config)
         session._fixturemanager = FixtureManager(session)
diff --git a/testing/python/fixture.py b/testing/python/fixture.py
index a4a8ab46c..4f7e1294f 100644
--- a/testing/python/fixture.py
+++ b/testing/python/fixture.py
@@ -3,31 +3,30 @@ from textwrap import dedent
 import _pytest._code
 import pytest
 import sys
-from _pytest import python as funcargs
 from _pytest.pytester import get_public_names
-from _pytest.python import FixtureLookupError
-
+from _pytest.fixtures import FixtureLookupError
+from _pytest import fixtures
 
 def test_getfuncargnames():
     def f(): pass
-    assert not funcargs.getfuncargnames(f)
+    assert not fixtures.getfuncargnames(f)
     def g(arg): pass
-    assert funcargs.getfuncargnames(g) == ('arg',)
+    assert fixtures.getfuncargnames(g) == ('arg',)
     def h(arg1, arg2="hello"): pass
-    assert funcargs.getfuncargnames(h) == ('arg1',)
+    assert fixtures.getfuncargnames(h) == ('arg1',)
     def h(arg1, arg2, arg3="hello"): pass
-    assert funcargs.getfuncargnames(h) == ('arg1', 'arg2')
+    assert fixtures.getfuncargnames(h) == ('arg1', 'arg2')
     class A:
         def f(self, arg1, arg2="hello"):
             pass
-    assert funcargs.getfuncargnames(A().f) == ('arg1',)
+    assert fixtures.getfuncargnames(A().f) == ('arg1',)
     if sys.version_info < (3,0):
-        assert funcargs.getfuncargnames(A.f) == ('arg1',)
+        assert fixtures.getfuncargnames(A.f) == ('arg1',)
 
 class TestFillFixtures:
     def test_fillfuncargs_exposed(self):
         # used by oejskit, kept for compatibility
-        assert pytest._fillfuncargs == funcargs.fillfixtures
+        assert pytest._fillfuncargs == fixtures.fillfixtures
 
     def test_funcarg_lookupfails(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("""
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class TestFillFixtures:
             def test_func(some, other):
                 pass
         """)
-        funcargs.fillfixtures(item)
+        fixtures.fillfixtures(item)
         del item.funcargs["request"]
         assert len(get_public_names(item.funcargs)) == 2
         assert item.funcargs['some'] == "test_func"
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ class TestRequestBasic:
             def pytest_funcarg__something(request): pass
             def test_func(something): pass
         """)
-        req = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item)
+        req = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item)
         assert req.function == item.obj
         assert req.keywords == item.keywords
         assert hasattr(req.module, 'test_func')
@@ -431,7 +430,7 @@ class TestRequestBasic:
         """)
         item1, = testdir.genitems([modcol])
         assert item1.name == "test_method"
-        arg2fixturedefs = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item1)._arg2fixturedefs
+        arg2fixturedefs = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item1)._arg2fixturedefs
         assert len(arg2fixturedefs) == 1
         assert arg2fixturedefs[0].__name__ == "pytest_funcarg__something"
 
@@ -558,7 +557,7 @@ class TestRequestBasic:
     def test_request_getmodulepath(self, testdir):
         modcol = testdir.getmodulecol("def test_somefunc(): pass")
         item, = testdir.genitems([modcol])
-        req = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item)
+        req = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item)
         assert req.fspath == modcol.fspath
 
     def test_request_fixturenames(self, testdir):
@@ -687,7 +686,7 @@ class TestRequestMarking:
                 def test_func2(self, something):
                     pass
         """)
-        req1 = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item1)
+        req1 = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item1)
         assert 'xfail' not in item1.keywords
         req1.applymarker(pytest.mark.xfail)
         assert 'xfail' in item1.keywords
@@ -769,7 +768,7 @@ class TestRequestCachedSetup:
 
     def test_request_cachedsetup_extrakey(self, testdir):
         item1 = testdir.getitem("def test_func(): pass")
-        req1 = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item1)
+        req1 = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item1)
         l = ["hello", "world"]
         def setup():
             return l.pop()
@@ -784,7 +783,7 @@ class TestRequestCachedSetup:
 
     def test_request_cachedsetup_cache_deletion(self, testdir):
         item1 = testdir.getitem("def test_func(): pass")
-        req1 = funcargs.FixtureRequest(item1)
+        req1 = fixtures.FixtureRequest(item1)
         l = []
         def setup():
             l.append("setup")
diff --git a/testing/python/integration.py b/testing/python/integration.py
index dea86f942..906e98321 100644
--- a/testing/python/integration.py
+++ b/testing/python/integration.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_wrapped_getfslineno():
 
 class TestMockDecoration:
     def test_wrapped_getfuncargnames(self):
-        from _pytest.python import getfuncargnames
+        from _pytest.compat import getfuncargnames
         def wrap(f):
             def func():
                 pass
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class TestMockDecoration:
         assert l == ("x",)
 
     def test_wrapped_getfuncargnames_patching(self):
-        from _pytest.python import getfuncargnames
+        from _pytest.compat import getfuncargnames
         def wrap(f):
             def func():
                 pass
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class TestReRunTests:
         """)
 
 def test_pytestconfig_is_session_scoped():
-    from _pytest.python import pytestconfig
+    from _pytest.fixtures import pytestconfig
     assert pytestconfig._pytestfixturefunction.scope == "session"
 
 
diff --git a/testing/python/metafunc.py b/testing/python/metafunc.py
index 046e1371f..46f460dbb 100644
--- a/testing/python/metafunc.py
+++ b/testing/python/metafunc.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import sys
 import _pytest._code
 import py
 import pytest
-from _pytest import python as funcargs
+from _pytest import python, fixtures
 
 import hypothesis
 from hypothesis import strategies
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ class TestMetafunc:
             name2fixturedefs = None
             def __init__(self, names):
                 self.names_closure = names
-        names = funcargs.getfuncargnames(func)
+        names = fixtures.getfuncargnames(func)
         fixtureinfo = FixtureInfo(names)
-        return funcargs.Metafunc(func, fixtureinfo, None)
+        return python.Metafunc(func, fixtureinfo, None)
 
     def test_no_funcargs(self, testdir):
         def function(): pass
@@ -558,16 +558,16 @@ class TestMetafunc:
 
     def test_format_args(self):
         def function1(): pass
-        assert funcargs._format_args(function1) == '()'
+        assert fixtures._format_args(function1) == '()'
 
         def function2(arg1): pass
-        assert funcargs._format_args(function2) == "(arg1)"
+        assert fixtures._format_args(function2) == "(arg1)"
 
         def function3(arg1, arg2="qwe"): pass
-        assert funcargs._format_args(function3) == "(arg1, arg2='qwe')"
+        assert fixtures._format_args(function3) == "(arg1, arg2='qwe')"
 
         def function4(arg1, *args, **kwargs): pass
-        assert funcargs._format_args(function4) == "(arg1, *args, **kwargs)"
+        assert fixtures._format_args(function4) == "(arg1, *args, **kwargs)"
 
 
 class TestMetafuncFunctional: