python: export pytest.Metafunc for typing purposes

The type cannot be constructed directly, but is exported for use in type
annotations, since it is reachable through existing public API.

changelog/7469.deprecation.rst

@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ Directly constructing the following classes is now deprecated:
 - ``_pytest.mark.structures.Mark``
 - ``_pytest.mark.structures.MarkDecorator``
 - ``_pytest.mark.structures.MarkGenerator``
+- ``_pytest.python.Metafunc``
 
 These have always been considered private, but now issue a deprecation warning, which may become a hard error in pytest 7.0.0.

changelog/7469.feature.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ The newly-exported types are:
 - ``pytest.Mark`` for :class:`marks <pytest.Mark>`.
 - ``pytest.MarkDecorator`` for :class:`mark decorators <pytest.MarkDecorator>`.
 - ``pytest.MarkGenerator`` for the :class:`pytest.mark <pytest.MarkGenerator>` singleton.
+- ``pytest.Metafunc`` for the :class:`metafunc <pytest.MarkGenerator>` argument to the `pytest_generate_tests <pytest.hookspec.pytest_generate_tests>` hook.
 
 Constructing them directly is not supported; they are only meant for use in type annotations.
 Doing so will emit a deprecation warning, and may become a hard-error in pytest 7.0.

doc/en/deprecations.rst

@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ Metafunc.addcall
 
 .. versionremoved:: 4.0
 
-``_pytest.python.Metafunc.addcall`` was a precursor to the current parametrized mechanism. Users should use
-:meth:`_pytest.python.Metafunc.parametrize` instead.
+``Metafunc.addcall`` was a precursor to the current parametrized mechanism. Users should use
+:meth:`pytest.Metafunc.parametrize` instead.
 
 Example:
 

doc/en/funcarg_compare.rst

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ There are several limitations and difficulties with this approach:
 2. parametrizing the "db" resource is not straight forward:
    you need to apply a "parametrize" decorator or implement a
    :py:func:`~hookspec.pytest_generate_tests` hook
-   calling :py:func:`~python.Metafunc.parametrize` which
+   calling :py:func:`~pytest.Metafunc.parametrize` which
    performs parametrization at the places where the resource
    is used.  Moreover, you need to modify the factory to use an
    ``extrakey`` parameter containing ``request.param`` to the
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ This new way of parametrizing funcarg factories should in many cases
 allow to re-use already written factories because effectively
 ``request.param`` was already used when test functions/classes were
 parametrized via
-:py:func:`metafunc.parametrize(indirect=True) <_pytest.python.Metafunc.parametrize>` calls.
+:py:func:`metafunc.parametrize(indirect=True) <pytest.Metafunc.parametrize>` calls.
 
 Of course it's perfectly fine to combine parametrization and scoping:
 

doc/en/reference.rst

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pytest.mark.parametrize
 
 **Tutorial**: :doc:`parametrize`.
 
-This mark has the same signature as :py:meth:`_pytest.python.Metafunc.parametrize`; see there.
+This mark has the same signature as :py:meth:`pytest.Metafunc.parametrize`; see there.
 
 
 .. _`pytest.mark.skip ref`:
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ Mark
 Metafunc
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-.. autoclass:: _pytest.python.Metafunc
+.. autoclass:: pytest.Metafunc()
     :members:
 
 Module

src/_pytest/python.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from _pytest.config import Config
 from _pytest.config import ExitCode
 from _pytest.config import hookimpl
 from _pytest.config.argparsing import Parser
+from _pytest.deprecated import check_ispytest
 from _pytest.deprecated import FSCOLLECTOR_GETHOOKPROXY_ISINITPATH
 from _pytest.fixtures import FuncFixtureInfo
 from _pytest.main import Session
@@ -467,7 +468,12 @@ class PyCollector(PyobjMixin, nodes.Collector):
         fixtureinfo = definition._fixtureinfo
 
         metafunc = Metafunc(
-            definition, fixtureinfo, self.config, cls=cls, module=module
+            definition=definition,
+            fixtureinfo=fixtureinfo,
+            config=self.config,
+            cls=cls,
+            module=module,
+            _ispytest=True,
         )
         methods = []
         if hasattr(module, "pytest_generate_tests"):
@@ -971,7 +977,11 @@ class Metafunc:
         config: Config,
         cls=None,
         module=None,
+        *,
+        _ispytest: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
+        check_ispytest(_ispytest)
+
         #: Access to the underlying :class:`_pytest.python.FunctionDefinition`.
         self.definition = definition
 

src/pytest/__init__.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from _pytest.pytester import Testdir
 from _pytest.python import Class
 from _pytest.python import Function
 from _pytest.python import Instance
+from _pytest.python import Metafunc
 from _pytest.python import Module
 from _pytest.python import Package
 from _pytest.python_api import approx
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "Mark",
     "MarkDecorator",
     "MarkGenerator",
+    "Metafunc",
     "Module",
     "MonkeyPatch",
     "Package",

testing/python/metafunc.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class TestMetafunc:
         names = getfuncargnames(func)
         fixtureinfo: Any = FuncFixtureInfoMock(names)
         definition: Any = DefinitionMock._create(func, "mock::nodeid")
-        return python.Metafunc(definition, fixtureinfo, config)
+        return python.Metafunc(definition, fixtureinfo, config, _ispytest=True)
 
     def test_no_funcargs(self) -> None:
         def function():